Question for the lawyers

[james_davis_nicoll]

A Neanderthal steps through from another history; due to various events he strikes and kills someone here.

Can he be arrested for murder? Does a Neanderthal automatically count as a human in the eyes of the law? If so, how far from homo sapiens sapiens does a hominid have to be before they don't count as a person by default?

Comments

[brett-dunbar.livejournal.com]

More likely is he'll be treated as a stateless person. Probably also a vulnerable adult. If he looks and acts more or less like a human then he is likely to be treated as one. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1986 is pretty unforgiving if you breach it so the police are very careful to not violate the act and will treat him as a vulnerable adult as otherwise any prosecution would be impossible. Once he is in the system the bureaucracy is likely to protect him from mistreatment.