The case concerned a Defendant accused of stabbing a man who was staying in her home and the issue was self-defence. Following a successful non-Defendant bad character application, the Jury heard the extent of the man’s involvement with drug dealing and acquitted the Defendant within an hour.
Acquittal for Luc Chignell defending s.18 at Derby Crown Court
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