If Hume died would Morgan be charged for murder?

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Man slaughter charges could be actioned

 

Apparently not

Andy D'Urso gave him a yellow card and Chris Morgan isn't the sort of player to intentionally hurt an opponent, so the matter should be put to bed.
According to some.

 

He would be charged with manslaughter

 

murder you'd need to prove 'malice aforethought' and for manslaughter you'd need to prove an unlawful act or a failure in a duty of care (gross negligence). I don't think you'd get anywhere near either, because generally when the police investigate assaults committed on the field of play, the object of play has to be long gone or out of the question when the assault/foul happens. In this case, even if Morgan did intend to bosh Hume (and I'm not saying he didn't) he is covered by the fact that he can claim he was contesting the ball.

 

Holy **** Westie - dont even think it nt

 

FFS

 

No, manslaughter.

It would have to be proven beyond reasonable doubt that he intended to kill him (mens rea), which would be highly unlikely.

It's the reason why so many murder charges are downgraded to manslaughter.

I never thought I word use the terms Mens Rea on the bbs

 

I was being flippant. nt

 

sorry mate my post was in reply to the initial post, obviously got a bit overexcited.

 

Hyperthetically of course.

FFS.

May he have a quick recovery. Also i hope Morgan gets the book thrown at him. They ban players for taking drugs and risking their own lives. They should give out longer bans for putting other players lives in danger.

 

Good grief

You just can't get the staff these days!!!