Prosecuting Homicide

Murder and manslaughter are two of the offences that constitute homicide.

Manslaughter can be committed in one of three ways:

killing with the intent for murder but where there is provocation, diminished responsibility or a suicide pact.

conduct that was grossly negligent given the risk of death, and resulted in death.

conduct, taking the form of an unlawful act involving a danger of some harm, that caused death.

With some exceptions, the crime of murder is committed, where a person:

of sound mind and discretion (i.e. sane):

unlawfully kills (i.e. not self-defence or other justified killing)

any reasonable creature (human being)

in being (born alive and breathing through its own lungs)

under the Queen's Peace

with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm.

There are other specific homicide offences, for example, infanticide, causing death by dangerous driving, and corporate manslaughter.

Convictions for murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce

27/11/2006

Jaswant Narwal, District Crown Prosecutor at the Old Bailey Trials Unit said:

"We should not forget that Carty and Brown had two victims that night. Only 20 minutes before the murder, Mr Kurshid Ali had been robbed of all he was carrying. We thank him for his courage in acting as a prosecution witness in the case and for helping the Crown Prosecution Service to convict these 2 murderers.

The streets are safer without them, their motive was simply greed. Acting callously and stupidly, they viewed their victims as easy targets for getting hold of cash, mobile phones and Oyster cards. If anyone resisted they were attacked. Tom ap Rhys Pryce unfortunately paid with his life. We hope now that Tom's family can at least gain some comfort from this conviction."

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Prosecuting Homicide

Convictions for murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce

Notes to Editors

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