180:, who pressed for a mistrial. Kiranjit's conviction was overturned on appeal in 1992 on grounds of insufficient counsel since Kiranjit had not been aware that she could plead guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. In addition, it was brought to light that she was suffering from severe depression when she set fire to her husband, which her new counsel argued had then altered her decision making abilities. After the mistrial was declared, a re-trial was ordered and on September 25, 1992 Kiranjit was found guilty of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and sentenced to three years and four months (the time she had already served). Kiranjit was released immediately.
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prosecution claimed that her prior knowledge to mix caustic soda with petrol to create napalm was not common knowledge and so was proof that she had planned her husband's murder. Her counsel did not make any claims about the violence she later claimed she had endured, and the prosecution suggested that
Kiranjit was motivated by jealousy because of her husband's repeated affairs. She was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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One evening in the spring of 1989, Kiranjit was allegedly attacked by her husband. She later accused him of trying to break her ankles and burn her face with a hot iron, apparently trying to extort money from her extended family. Later that night, while her husband lay sleeping, Kiranjit fetched some
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In a later interview, she stated: "I decided to show him how much it hurt. At times I had tried to run away, but he would catch me and beat me even harder. I decided to burn his feet so he couldn't run after me." She also claimed, "I wanted to give him a scar like those he had given me, to have him
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When
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Kiranjit was convicted of murder in
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to travel to Canada where she visited her sister. Following this on 21 July 1979, she traveled to the UK where she married her husband, Deepak, whom she had met only once. She stated that she had suffered from
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Kiranjit's case helped raise awareness of domestic violence in families of non-English-speaking immigrants to
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played the role of
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