Rebecca Filletti was led by Nina Grahame KC of Garden Court North Chambers and instructed by Nicola Hall at Robert Lizar Solicitors representing a woman charged with murder of her abusive partner.
Exceptionally, a plea to manslaughter on the basis of loss of control was accepted by the prosecution following assessment of the defendant by numerous psychological and psychiatric experts and she was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months imprisonment.
‘Loss of control’ is a rare and difficult partial defence to murder, which required focused legal analysis of the factual scenario in which the defendant had stabbed the deceased with a knife.
Reported by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67356994
This is the second female defendant represented by Rebecca led by Nina Grahame KC and instructed by Nicola Hall of Robert Lizar Solicitors, who was facing an allegation of murder, in which a plea to manslaughter on basis of loss of control has been accepted by the prosecution. Previously when representing another young woman, a plea to manslaughter on the basis of loss of control was accepted following assessment of the defendant by a total of 6 experts analysing features relating to the apprehension of violence in light of PTSD and a learning disability. Determinate sentence imposed. Intermediary granted for entire proceedings.
Reported by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-54379272