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Case summary last updated at 15/01/2020 08:06 by the
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Judgement for the case R v Latimer
A prisoner tried to hit another, but actually hit woman beside him. He was convicted and his appeal dismissed. Lord Coleridge says that a malicious act carried out against a person, which in fact injures a third party, is considered guilty.
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