Most of us have had a hero growing up: a sportsperson, actor, - TopicsExpress



          

Most of us have had a hero growing up: a sportsperson, actor, model or maybe even an outlaw like Ned Kelly or Robin Hood, or a self- described ‘thug’ like Tupac Shakur. We may have even have tried to emulate them through the clothes we wear or the way we speak. But when, in 1967, one Australian man tried to copy his hero, it ended up in tragedy. 20-year-old Ronald Ryan ended up killing an innocent service station attendant while trying to copy the actions of his fictional hero. He claimed that it was an accident – that he pulled the trigger by reflex when the attendant surprised him. But did this reduce his actions from murder to manslaughter? Our latest blog reveals what the High Court of Australia had to say in the influential case of Ryan v R.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:02:27 +0000

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