Beckford v The Queen

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Type: Case

Citation: [1988] AC 130, PC

Summary: If defendant honestly believed circumstance such as would if true justify his use of force to defend himself or another from attack and force used no more than was reasonable to resist the attack entitled to be acquitted of murder however mistaken or unreasonable his belief although reasonableness of the alleged belief material in deciding whether he had a genuine belief

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Jamaica

Date 1988