| 31. | The jury had rejected Kemp's guilty plea to the lesser offense of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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| 32. | The plea of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted at Nottingham Crown Court on 2 September 2010.
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| 33. | He pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter with diminished responsibility and one of wounding and was jailed last December.
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| 34. | Diminished responsibility occurs where the defendant has an " abnormality of mental functioning " atrributable to a recognised medical condition.
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| 35. | According to a psychiatric report presented to the court, he acted while in a state of " diminished responsibility ."
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| 36. | His trial at Bristol Crown Court began on 4 October; he later admitted Suddards'manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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| 37. | A psychiatric report presented to the court said he had acted while in a state of " diminished responsibility ."
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| 38. | She was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, sentenced to life in prison, and released in 1980.
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| 39. | Diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia, Rowntree pleaded guilty to four counts of diminished responsibility at Leeds Crown Court in June 1976.
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| 40. | It imposed a reduced sentence because of his " diminished responsibility " in the killing of Constable Patrick Mashire in 1995.
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