Brinham’s Death (Press, 24 January 1963)
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Summary: Brinham’s Death (Press, 24 January 1963)
On 21 January 1963, an 18-year-old named Laurence Thomas Somers was found not guilty of the manslaughter of George Ivor Brinham, a former chairman of the British Labour Party. Brinham, aged 45, was discovered dead with head injuries in his London flat in November of the previous year. During the trial at the Old Bailey, Somers pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. The presiding judge instructed the jury to disregard the murder charge, stating that Somers's account indicated that Brinham had made unwanted homosexual advances towards him, which prompted Somers to strike Brinham with a decanter in self-defence. The judge believed that this scenario represented a clear case of provocation, leading to Somers's discharge from the court.
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