8 May 1998
The application for leave was dismissed because the evidence established premeditated, deliberate hiring of an arsonist and cold‑blooded conduct, negating any claim of loss of self‑control and meaning the trial judge correctly did not leave provocation to the jury.
31 May 1994
The Court held the trial judge did not misdirect the jury, the manslaughter direction was adequate, and the total sentence of 15 years for 13 robberies/thefts was not manifestly excessive; therefore leave to appeal against conviction and sentence was refused.
2 Jun 1982
Read in context and as a whole the judge's summing-up correctly left the burden on the Crown to disprove provocation; the transient hesitations did not misdirect the jury and did not render the conviction unsafe, so the appeal is dismissed.