The actor's involuntary manslaughter trial was upended in July when a judge threw the case out based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of ammunition evidence from the defence.

The involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin was dismissed by a judge in July on what what was supposed to be the third day of the actor’s trial.

Davies, 77, has been charged with "gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".

Liam Payne’s manager is one of three people charged with manslaughter in the investigation into the One Direction singer’s death in October.

Academic researchers have identified hundreds of California women incarcerated for murder or manslaughter in cases that involved intimate partner violence.