United Kingdom Leading Case uncategorized

DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch

[1975] AC 653; [1975] 2 WLR 641; [1975] 1 All ER 913 (HL)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords (on appeal from Northern Ireland)

Year1975

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Duress is available as a defence to a person charged with murder as a principal in the second degree (aider and abettor).

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