Case link: Insanity – intoxication – Attorney General for Northern Ireland v Gallagher BAILII: [1961] UKHL 2

“The man is a psychopath. That is, he has a disease of the mind which is not produced by drink. But it is quiescent. And whilst it is quiescent, he forms an intention to kill his wife. He knows it is wrong but still he means to kill her. Then he gets Himself so drunk [...]