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Supreme Court hears appeal regarding Benjamin Field's murder conviction
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The UK Supreme Court is considering an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service against the decision to quash the murder conviction of Benjamin Field, who was jailed in 2019 for at least 36 years for the murder of Peter Farquhar in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.
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- Benjamin Field was jailed in 2019 for murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar.
- Appeal judges quashed Field's conviction in April and ordered a retrial, allowing the Crown Prosecution Service to take the case to the Supreme Court.
- Five justices are examining whether Field could have legally caused Mr Farquhar's death by giving him potentially sedated whisky.
- Prosecutors argued that Field covertly drugged Farquhar to make his death appear as suicide or an accident in order to inherit his home and money.
- Field's defense counsel argued that Farquhar consumed the whisky freely and voluntarily, and that giving the drink was not a legally effective cause of death.
- A decision from the Supreme Court is expected at a later date.