Criminal law – Defence. The judge had not erred in withdrawing the defence of self-defence from the jury, where the defendant had been suffering from drug induced psychosis, as the words 'attributable to intoxication' in s 76(5) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 were broad enough to encompass a mistaken state of mind immediately and proximately consequent on earlier drink or drug-taking, so that, even though the person concerned was not drunk or intoxicated at the time, the short-term effects could be shown to have triggered subsequent episodes of, for example, paranoia. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, dismissed the defendant's appeal against conviction for attempted murder.