SA to dump provocation defence

Updated April 9 2019 - 10:23am, first published 9:49am
SA AG Vickie Chapman says provocation as a defence will be removed from the state's criminal code.
SA AG Vickie Chapman says provocation as a defence will be removed from the state's criminal code.

The defence of provocation will be removed from South Australia's criminal code by the end of the year, Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says.

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