31. The jury had rejected Kemp's guilty plea to the lesser offense of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility . 32. The plea of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted at Nottingham Crown Court on 2 September 2010. 33. He pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter with diminished responsibility and one of wounding and was jailed last December. 34. Diminished responsibility occurs where the defendant has an " abnormality of mental functioning " atrributable to a recognised medical condition.35. According to a psychiatric report presented to the court, he acted while in a state of " diminished responsibility ." 36. His trial at Bristol Crown Court began on 4 October; he later admitted Suddards'manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility . 37. A psychiatric report presented to the court said he had acted while in a state of " diminished responsibility ." 38. She was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility , sentenced to life in prison, and released in 1980. 39. Diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia, Rowntree pleaded guilty to four counts of diminished responsibility at Leeds Crown Court in June 1976. 40. It imposed a reduced sentence because of his " diminished responsibility " in the killing of Constable Patrick Mashire in 1995.
