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Abbott v The Queen

[1976] UKPC 19; [1977] AC 755; (1976) 63 Cr App R 241 (PC, on appeal from Trinidad and Tobago)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Trinidad and Tobago)

Year1976

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Duress is not available as a defence to a principal in the first degree to murder (the actual killer).

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