LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Trailer Park, Newfoundland And Labrador
18 Apr 2018
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Reasonable perception > victims perception of what is going on and accused perception of what"s going on > force, or threat of force. Are the actions reasonable in all circumstances > objective. Mr. braeu was out with friends hunting in new brunswick. Was about to get tackled by a large bull. The accused killed her partner late one night by shooting him in the back of the head as he left her room. The shooting occurred after an argument where the appellant had been physically abused and was fearful for her life after being taunted with the threat that either she kill him or he would get her. She had frequently been a victim of his physical abuse and had concocted excuses to explain her injuries to medical staff on those occasions. A psychiatrist explained her ongoing terror, her inability to escape the relationship despite the violence and the continuing pattern of abuse which put her life in danger.
