William Murray Bennett James Lang Robert Clements Appellants Against HM Advocate

JurisdictionScotland
Neutral Citation1989 SCCR 608
Year1989
Date1989
CourtUnspecified Court (Scotland)
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3 cases
  • Reference By Hma Against Clb
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 18 October 2023
    ...the whole question of distress as corroboration” (see also the reference to distress as corroboration of robbery in Bennett v HM Advocate 1989 SCCR 608 and Mongan v HM Advocate 1989 SCCR 25). [213] The Lord Justice General’s discussion in Stobo v HM Advocate 1994 JC 28 is in a similar vein.......
  • Smith v Lees
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 28 January 1997
    ...of Justiciary. Cases referred to: Advocate (HM) v. YatesSC 1990 JC 378 (Note) Begg v. TudhopeUNK 1983 SCCR 32 Bennett v. HM AdvocateUNK 1989 SCCR 608 Cannon v. HM AdvocateSC 1992 JC 138 Gillespie v. MacmillanSC 1957 JC 31 Gracey v. HM AdvocateSC 1987 JC 45 Horne v. HM AdvocateUNK 1991 SCCR ......
  • Ross Lennie Against Her Majesty's Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 21 August 2014
    ...that distress. In these circumstances, following Mongan, the distress should properly be regarded as “neutral” (cf Bennett v HM Advocate 1989 SCCR 608 and the approval of Mongan in Smith v Lees 1997 JC 73). It was not submitted that the existence of two or more possible causes for distress ......

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