Thursday, March 1, 2012

QLD: DPP decision to drop murder charge shows legal anomaly


AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-1999
QLD: DPP decision to drop murder charge shows legal anomaly

Civil libertarians have called for reform of committal proceedings following murder charges
being dropped against a Queensland woman forced to shoot her partner dead to save her son.

The Director of Public Prosecutions last week dropped a murder charge against 51-year-old
CHRISTINE NUNN after a magistrate ordered her to stand trial over the death of ROGER STANLEY
WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS was allegedly straddling DAVID NUNN's chest, stabbing him in the face, when Mrs
NUNN felt she had no …

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