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You'd charge administering a poison, s23 or s24 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, if there is a realistic prospect of conviction, and the prosecution
by multjoy 2y ago
You'd charge administering a poison, s23 or s24 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, if there is a realistic prospect of conviction, and the prosecution will need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a) the wife administered it and b) intended to cause harm or did cause harm.
- gizajob 2y agoThanks for the info. What if the poison was exactly a poison like in this case? I realise “the dose maketh the poison” but it wasn’t exactly strychnine or cyanide.