Edmund Brooks was the surviving sailor in the Mignonette lifeboat case who refused to participate in the killing of Richard Parker but partook in the meal and served as state's witness against Dudley and Stephens.
Brooks's testimony as state's witness against Dudley and Stephens secured the prosecution in R v Dudley and Stephens, and his initial moral objection followed by participation in the meal illustrates the moral complexity of survival ethics.
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