R v Banner — [2025] 4 WLR 38

R v Banner — [2025] 4 WLR 38

CRIME — Patient — Ill-treatment — Defendants healthcare workers at hospital for adults with learning disabilities charged with counts of “ill-treatment” of patients — Crown referring to “cruel” or “abusive” treatment in opening speech to jury — Whether definition of “ill-treatment” to jury adequate if omitting references to words “cruel” and “abusive” — Guidance on correct approach to term "ill-treatment" — Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (…