Solicitors and Barristers: what was the most bonkers defence a client of yours used? Bonus for their complete misunderstanding of the law.
Being in the investigation business, I once had a case where a man murdered the wrong guy. Despite the advice to remain silent in interviews, he told the police he couldn’t be guilty of murder because he accidentally killed the wrong person. Basically he happily admitted the killing but: “I killed the wrong guy, none of your malice aforethought nonsense applies, so it’s just manslaughter.” The detective: “perhaps we could talk about transferred malice …”
u/Icy_Attention3413 — 1 day ago