Journal article
Tostee, criminal causation and provocation in domestic violence: a novel position
Australian Law Journal, Vol.92(11), pp.916-934
11/2018
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Abstract
After a six-day trial and four days of deliberations, a jury found Gable Tostee not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of his Tinder date, Warriena Wright. Tostee was alleged to have locked Wright on his balcony after physically assaulting her. The Crown ran a case that Wright felt so intimidated by Tostee's conduct that she had no reasonable recourse but to attempt to climb to an adjacent balcony to escape, during which she fell to her death - a case which was ultimately rejected by the jury. So what does Tostee say about causation principles and provocation in cases of the assault of intimates? An analysis of Tostee against various State and Territory criminal laws will be presented to highlight the uniqueness of this class of case.
Details
- Title
- Tostee, criminal causation and provocation in domestic violence: a novel position
- Creators
- Brendan Walker-Munro
- Publication Details
- Australian Law Journal, Vol.92(11), pp.916-934
- Publisher
- Lawbook
- Identifiers
- 991013167311802368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article