Principle

CRIMINAL LAW — Homicide — Causation — Ambiguous Medical Evidence Resolved in Favour of Accused

Area of law
CRIMINAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Where medical evidence presents multiple possible causes of death, the chain of causation is broken and the accused is entitled to the benefit of doubt. An intervening or supervening cause (novus actus interveniens) that may have contributed to death prevents the prosecution from establishing causation…

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