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R v Sandell 2023: Did Justice Kimber acquit murder?

Question asked:

“In the case R v Sandell & Ors [2023] SASC 85, Justice Kimber acquitted the four defendants of murder but convicted them of manslaughter.”
Not true
Confidence: High Checked on October 27, 2026

Summary

There is no evidence that Justice Kimber acquitted four defendants of murder and convicted them of manslaughter in R v Sandell & Ors [2023] SASC 85. The available sources pertain to unrelated historical trials from the 18th century and do not mention this 2023 case.

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loc.gov
courts.michigan.gov
  • Justice Kimberly A. Thomas

    (front row, l to r) Justice Brian Zahra, Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh, Justice Richard Bernstein (back row, l to r) Justice Kimberly Thomas, Justice Elizabeth Welch, Justice Kyra Bolden, Justice Noah Hood

tile.loc.gov
  • The trial of Captain John Kimber

    Of which he was most honorably acquitted, and the Two Evidences for the Prosecution · committed to Newgate to take their Trials for Wilful and Corrupt Perjury. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM LANE, LEADENHALL-STREET; AND SOLD BY · RICHARDSON, ROYAL-EXCHANGE; OWEN, PICCADILLY; WESLEY, OPPOSITE ST.

caed.uscourts.gov
  • Senior United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller - New CAED

    Welcome to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Eastern District encompasses the largest geographical area of the four districts in California. The district stretches from the Oregon border in the north to the Tehachapis in the south and from the Coastal Range in the west to the Nevada Border in the east.

apps.cacd.uscourts.gov
  • Honorable Steve Kim | Central District of California | United States District Court

    Discovery motions filed without enough time to hold a hearing and to permit the parties to comply with any associated order before the fact discovery cutoff set by the district judge may be summarily dismissed as untimely without prejudice to renewing the motion if the parties later obtain an extension of that cutoff by the district judge for good cause under F.R.C.P.

npr.org
  • 8 of the group of 'grandpa robbers' found guilty in high profile jewelry heist trial : NPR

    Kim Kardashian leaves the justice palace after testifying, regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption toggle caption i Aurelien Morissard/AP · PARIS — The high-profile Paris trial of 10 defendants accused of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in 2016 ended with 8 of the so-called 'grandpa robbers' found guilty, while 2 were acquitted.

digitalhistories.kennesaw.edu
en.wikipedia.org
  • John Kimber - Wikipedia

    John Kimber was an English sea captain and slave trader who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of torturing to death a teenaged female slave on the deck of his ship. Kimber was acquitted, but the trial gained much attention in the press.

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