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Originally Posted by Kliro
The death is a tradgedy, but if this man truly has mental health problems, then he can't really be blamed can he?
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Anxiety and sleeping problems?!
I could go to the GP and say that I was anxious and had problems sleeping! I will only accept major mental illnesses in this case........and if he has one of those (and it led him to kill) then all I can say is 'they shoot horses don't they?'
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
However (dragging this back on topic) the learner driver was parking his car, he did not expect to hit someone, he was not parking it intentionally to hit someone, therefore it isn't pre-meditated. The only pre-meditated acts were: driving the car not in accordance with the licencing conditions, driving whilst uninsured.
He is certainly not going to be found guilty of pre-meditated murder.
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However, he
should be found guilty of manslaughter and given the max sentence because he was driving a car that was pointed at a beach full of people and he really had no idea how to drive it. If he was put in front of me right now I would have no hesitation in maiming him........