Would a Reasonable Person have Responded in the Same Way? Would a sober person of reasonable firmness, sharing the characteristics of the defendant, have done what the defendant did? It looks as if physical characteristics could be taken into account. A person with haemophilia, brittle bones, or who is pregnant or elderly would have more to fear from being beaten up than the average person. Low IQ has been excluded from the list of characteristics that the court should have regard to, although a 'recognised mental illness or psychiatric condition' has been allowed: [ case ].
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R v Bowen [1997] 1 WLR 372 (CA)
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Would a Reasonable Person have Responded in the Same Way? Would a sober person of reasonable firmness, sharing the characteristics of the defendant, have done what the defendant did? It looks as if physical characteristics could be taken into account. A person with haemophilia, brittle bones, or who is pregnant or elderly would have more to fear from being beaten up than the average person. Low IQ has been excluded from the list of characteristics that the court should have regard to, although a 'recognised mental illness or psychiatric condition' has been allowed: [ case ].
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#crime #defences #law
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Would a Reasonable Person have Responded in the Same Way? Would a sober person of reasonable firmness, sharing the characteristics of the defendant, have done what the defendant did? It looks as if physical characteristics could be taken into account. A person with haemophilia, brittle bones, or who is pregnant or elderly would have more to fear from being beaten up than the average person. Low IQ has been excluded from the list of characteristics that the court should have regard to, although a 'recognised mental illness or psychiatric condition' has been allowed: [ case ].
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R v Bowen [1997] 1 WLR 372 (CA)
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