Graham Coutts' murder conviction overturned

The so-called "violent porn internet killer" who was convicted of murder has had his conviction quashed, according to the Register:

In the original trial, jurors heard how he had viewed extreme violent internet pornography, particularly strangulation fetish sites. Coutts' defence argued that Ms Longhurst's death was an accident during consensual sex.

A trio of appeal judges yesterday upheld a Law Lords decision that the conviction was unsafe. The Law Lords said jurors should have been given the option of a manslaughter verdict.

Via Epicycle.