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SLUDGE FACTORY
you hear all the time about blokes being given a beating outside a nightclub , they go into a coma and then the police announce the person has died and the enquiry is now one of murder
8 months later the person who admits the assault ends up being convicted of manslaughter
So the issue on intent clearly comes in . This copper clearly didn't intend to kill the victim but he was seen kicking the man at least twice in the head .
The court must have been presented with medical evidence that the cause of death was trauma leading directly to his death due to him being kicked and beaten ?
Otherwise the officers actions would not have caused his death and he couldn't have been convicted of manslaughter ?