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Court of Appeal refuses appeal against conviction for murder, on the grounds that: (a) 'involuntary intoxication' had not been raised as an issue at the trial and the appellant could not seek to rely on it now; (b) there was no error in the charge to the jury where the trial judge gave a very expansive instruction on the drawing of inferences and the importance of drawing the inference most favourable to the appellant unless it had been excluded by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt; and (c) there was no version of events put forward in evidence by the appellant that clearly and unequivocally stated that he was so affected by alcohol that he did not intend to kill the deceased.
Appeal against conviction for murder - appellant had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but plea not accepted by the DPP - deceased killed in his apartment - appellant was intoxicated at time of the killing - whether trial judge erred in failing to re-charge the jury in the manner requisitioned by counsel on the issue of intoxication and intent in respect of the offence of murder - whether trial judge erred in charge to jury as regards whether the appellant's version of events contained in his memoranda of interviews could reasonably be true, in particular as regards his level of intoxication at the time of the killing of the deceased.
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