R v Croft

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
Date1944
Year1944

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6 cases
  • R (Purdy) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • July 30, 2009
    ...in the second degree, and this applied equally where that person was the survivor of a suicide pact - Rex v Dyson (1823) Russ. & Ry 523; R v Croft [1944] KB 295. 6 A person who encouraged or assisted another to commit suicide but who was not present when the suicide was committed was, in t......
  • R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (Attorney General and another intervening) R (AM) v DPP and Others (Same intervening) [DC]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • November 13, 2012
    ...pact, and the other person survived, the survivor was guilty of murder. This was confirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeal in Croft [1944] 1 KB 295. 36 30. In that case the trial judge directed the jury that the survivor of a suicide pact was guilty of the murder of the deceased, even if he......
  • Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice; R (on the applicaion of AM) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • July 31, 2013
    ...the survivor of a suicide pact was convicted of murder and sentenced to death when he survived and the other party died: R v Croft [1944] 1 KB 295. Section 4 of the Homicide Act 1957 modified this draconian stance. It provided that in such circumstances, provided the defendant had a settled......
  • R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • June 25, 2014
    ...committed an offence; thus, the survivor of a suicide pact was guilty of murdering the successful self-murderer – see R v Croft [1944] 1 KB 295. Section 4 of the 1957 Act provided that such a survivor would only be guilty of manslaughter. However, the abolition of suicide four years later a......
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