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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Decisions >> Webb, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 152 (26 January 2011) URL: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2011/152.html Cite as: [2011] Crim LR 419, [2011] 2 Cr App Rep (S) 61, [2011] 2 Cr App R (S) 61, [2011] EWCA Crim 152 |
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CRIMINAL DIVISION
The Strand London WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
(Lord Judge)
MR JUSTICE EADY
and
MR JUSTICE SIMON
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GEORGE HUGH WEBB |
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THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE:
"2.2 .... there is a significant body of research that demonstrates the negative psychological impact of being a full-time carer for another person who is suffering from both physical and psychiatric disorder. In my view, that psychological effect will have been compounded uniquely by the complex relationship that must have existed between Mr Webb and his wife, whose own psychiatric difficulties, together with her suicidal drives, will have further undermined Mr Webb's mental health.
2.3 He appears to have been an individual who has not easily recognised his emotional distress and my clinical view is that many of his own physical health problems without an organic basis are probably manifestations of the way that his personality interacts with stress to produce physical ill-health. At times he has also developed more obvious episodes of depression and stress reaction. ...."
The view was confirmed, in accordance with the jury's verdict, that at the very least the appellant was suffering from a significant adjustment disorder with prominent features of depression at the time of the killing.
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