Diminished Responsibility and Acute Intoxication: Raising the Bar?

摘要

Over the weekend of 19-21 November 2010, Dowds (D) fatally stabbed his partner after having consumed vast quantities of alcohol. According to his evidence, both were habitual binge drinkers and there had been a long history of violence between them, mostly initiated by her, and usually when one or both had been drinking. The facts suggest that the fatal argument took place in the early hours of Saturday 20 November because the victim made an interrupted 999 call at that time. On the