These features of the defence of self-defence are critical to the outcome of this appeal. |
Plainly this defence must not be confused with self-defence under public international law. |
There are currently no grounds for a claim to use such force in self-defence. |
In such circumstances the wounding of V would not be unlawful as it would be justified by the defence of self-defence. |
I would condone it myself but the point is, it was self-defence and protection of that child. |
The jury had clearly rejected self-defence and the judge therefore had to make some sense of it. |