Arrêt comparé en droit anglais portant sur 2 homicides d’enfants

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[...] Bethan was your daughter. She was only 3 years of age at the time of her death. She was clearly a beautiful little girl who was full of life. I have read in the impact statements of her endless energy and infectious laughter, of her delight in speeding around on her bike and walking the dog. The jury heard the evidence of Rebecca Meadows who said that she was happy and acting as normal on 17th October and that of her father who facetimed Bethan in the early evening of that day and saw her happy and running around the house and kitchen. [...]

[...] You were responsible for her care, for her protection and for her well-being. The fact that this had even crossed your mind should have shocked you. In the days that followed you could have and should have asked for help. You met with friends, you saw and spoke with your mother but you did not Through the days that followed you had further contact with your solicitor and spoke about custody of Bethan once you were divorced. You were concerned that the court would order that Bethan should live with you and her father on a 50/50 basis, a completely groundless fear as that was never our husband's intention. [...]

[...] Le coup de pistolet pourrait, en effet, découler d'une simple maladresse de la part du patriarche. Les deux documents privilégient une adresse directe à la seconde personne du pluriel à l'accusé. Cela permet de suggérer ce que l'accusé aurait pu/dû faire : parler à la famille, faire davantage attention. Le discours reste ainsi plus direct, comme un réel dialogue. L'avocat utilise un style très personnel, souhaitant bon courage à la famille pour mener à bien le deuil. Il a conscience des profondes fractures qu'a engendrées cet acte terrible. [...]

[...] Hope he is happy with himself » You were wrong. The one thing Bethan was entitled to and did deserve was a life In the course of your police interview and in your evidence you claimed to have been saving Bethan from what you saw as the prospect of emotional abuse at the hands of her father. I accept that may have played some part in your thinking but I do not accept this was the only reason. In my view you had made the decision to kill yourself and could not bear to be parted from her. [...]

[...] Arrêt comparé en droit anglais portant sur 2 homicides d'enfants Les deux documents exposent des condamnations pour meurtres. Les affaires ont pour point commun d'avoir été traitées en 2019, et de présenter des situations similaires : un membre d'une famille tire sur un enfant de la famille. Pour Claire Colebourn, c'est un lien filial qui l'unit à la victime, sa fille, Bethan. Dans le cas d'Albert William Grannon, c'est Stanley Metcalfe, son arrière-petit-fils, qui a connu la mort. Ces deux cas d'homicides sont donc perpétués sur de jeunes enfants de respectueusement 3 et 6 ans. [...]