Case Summary: The people D, S, B and a teenage boy were casted away in the sea on a lifeboat due to a storm. The only means of sustenance they had was two pounds of turnip which eventually got finished. So, D proposed to sacrifice one of the four persons on the boat for further sustenance, to which S agreed but B disagreed. The boy was ignored. The following day, D killed the boy who had become quite weak, and all three fed on him for survival until they were saved four days later by an ongoing boat. After being rescued, they were put to trial for the murder of the boy in England.
To Explain: The possibility of three survivors to be subjected to penalties as per English criminal law given their unique circumstances.
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