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THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND (Lord Taylor) MR. JUSTICE SWINTON THOMAS and MR. JUSTICE JUDGE ____________________
(Transcript of the Shorthand Notes of Marten Walsh Cherer Ltd., Midway House, 27-29 Cursitor Street, London, EC4A 1LT Telephone Number 071-405 5010. ShorthandWriters to the Court)
MR. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON Q.C. and MR. ANDREW NICOL appeared behalf of the Appellant. MR. ROBERT HARMAN Q.C. and MR. MALCOLM FORTUNE appeared behalf of the Crown. ____________________
THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: This is a tragic case which has aroused much public attention.
On 9th May 1989 the appellant, after enduring many years of violence and humiliation from her husband, threw petrol in his bedroom and set it alight. Her husband sustained terrible burns from which, after lingering painfully for six days, he died on 15th May.
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