Originally Posted by
Chris Scott
What about the manslaughter element of "gross-negligence manslaughter"? Does
my argument above have any legal merit? If not, I suspect it would resonate with many lay people, nevertheless.
It doesn't resonate with this lay person. A driver can be convicted of exactly the same offence, even though they didn't set out to have an accident at all, and were most likely to be the victim of any accident they did cause. Have a look at the CPS guidelines:
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidanc...affic-charging