Manslaughter – never from the supply of drugs

Sunday 21 October 2007 at 8:14 pm | In News | Post Comment

SyringeR v Kennedy [2007] HL
Where the deceased was a fully informed and responsible adult, it was never appropriate to find guilty of manslaughter a person who had been involved in the supply to the deceased of a Class A controlled drug, which had then been freely and voluntarily self-administered by the deceased, and the administration of the drug had caused his death.

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