Even if it’s unlawful it can’t be declared unlawful.

I am no expert but it seems quite incredible that a jury can be instructed that they cannot return a verdict of unlawful killing because

“All interested persons agree that a verdict of unlawful killing could only be left to you if you could be sure that a specific officer had committed a very serious crime – murder or manslaughter.”

And yet, in the case of Kate Peyton (the journalist shot in Somalia), the coroner was able to give a verdict of just that. Surely the coroner didn’t know the ‘specific person’ that had shot Ms Perry?

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