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1.3 Incomplete Offences Flashcards

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S44 Serious Crime Act 2007

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Intentionally Encouraging or Assisting an Offence

  • Does an act capable of encouraging / assisting
  • Intends to encourage / assist
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Offence of Intentionally Encouraging or Assisting an Offence - Serious Crime Act 2007, s. 44

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Triable in the same way as the anticipated offence

Liable to any penalty they would be for the anticipated offence

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S45 Serious Crime Act 2007

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Encouraging or Assisting an Offence Believing it will be Committed

  • Does an act capable of encouraging / assisting
  • Believes
    • Offence will be committed
    • His act will encourage / assist
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Sentence of Encouraging or Assisting an Offence Believing it will be Committed - Serious Crime Act 2007, s. 45

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Triable in the same way as the anticipated offence

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S46 Serious Crime Act 2007

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Encouraging or Assisting Offences Believing One or More will be Committed

  • Does an act capable of encouraging / assisting one or more of a number of offences
  • Believes
    • One or more of those offences will be committed (no belief as to which)
    • Act will encourage / assist one or more
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Offence of Encouraging or Assisting Offences Believing One or More will be Committed - Serious Crime Act 2007, s. 46

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Triable on indictment

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Under Serious Crime Act offences of encouraging or assisting crime, can an ‘act’ include threatening behaviour or putting someone under pressure?

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Yes

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Under Serious Crime Act offences of encouraging or assisting crime, does an ‘act’ include a failure to discharge a duty?

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Yes

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It will be a defence to the offences under S44-46 Serious Crime Act if the person charged acted _________

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Reasonably - in the circumstances he was aware of or reasonably believed existed, it was reasonable to act in that way

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Can a person be convicted of more than one offence under S44-46 Serious Crime Act in relation to the same act?

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Yes

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What offence do S44-46 Serious Crime Act not apply to?

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Corporate manslaughter

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S1 Criminal Law Act 1977

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Conspiracy

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What is statutory conspiracy?

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A person agrees with any other person(s) that a course of conduct will be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either

  • Will necessarily amount to / involve the commission of any offence(s) by one or more of the party, or
  • Would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence impossible
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Offence of Conspiracy - Criminal Law Act 1977, s. 1

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Triable on indictment

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When is the offence of conspiracy complete?

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At the time of agreement

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16
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Does it matter whether the offence conspired to do is ever carried out?

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No

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17
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How many people do you need for a conspiracy?

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At least two

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18
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Each conspirator must be aware of an ______ _______ _______

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Overall common purpose

19
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What is required for a conspiracy? (a _______ of ______)

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Meeting of minds

20
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Can A be guilty of a conspiracy with B if B intends to sabotage it?

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No - there is no meeting of minds

21
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What happens if one conspirator enters into separate agreements with different people?

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Each agreement is a separate conspiracy

22
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Can you commit a conspiracy with an unknown person?

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Yes

23
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A conspiracy cannot be committed if the only other party is:

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  • Spouse or civil partner
  • Under 10 years old
  • Intended victim
24
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Can husband / wife or civil partners commit a conspiracy if they conspire with another person?

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Yes

25
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What must the end product of a conspiracy agreement be?

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The commission of an offence by one or more of the parties in the agreement

26
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Can you attempt to conspire?

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No

27
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Can you charge one person with a conspiracy if the others are unknown?

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Yes

28
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Can you conspire to commit summary only offences?

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Yes, but it requires the authority of DPP to prosecute

29
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Can you conspire to aid and abet?

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No

30
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What is common law conspiracy?

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Conspiracy to defraud:

Agreement between two or more persons
By dishonesty
To deprive a person of something which is his, or to which he is / might be / would be entitled
OR to injure some proprietary right of the victim

31
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Offence of Conspiracy to Defraud - Common Law

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Triable on indictment

10 years

32
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Under conspiracy to defraud, is there a requirement to prove that the end result would amount to the commission of an offence?

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No, simply that it would result in depriving a person of something or injuring their proprietary right

33
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Do you need to show intent for conspiracy to defraud?

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Yes

34
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Do you need to show that a defendant was dishonest for conspiracy to defraud?

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Yes

35
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S1 Criminal Attempts Act 1981

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  • With intent to commit an offence
  • A person does an act
  • Which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence
36
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Does an omission to act create liability for a criminal attempt?

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No - an attempt requires an act

37
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What do you need to prove an attempt?

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The intention of the defendant

38
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Can intention be conditional for a criminal attempt?

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Yes

39
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Is recklessness as to whether the victim is consenting to sex sufficient mens rea for attempted rape?

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Yes

40
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Which offences can you attempt?

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Indictable offences other than:

  • Conspiracy
  • Aiding / abetting / counselling / procuring
  • Encouraging or assisting suicide
41
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Can you attempt summary offences that are triable summarily because of an imposed statutory limit (e.g. low-value shoplifting, criminal damage)?

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Yes

42
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Offence of Criminal Attempts - Criminal Attempts Act 1981, s. 1

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Murder - life imprisonment
Indictable offences - same max penalty as offence, indictable only
Either way offences - same max penalty as summary offence, triable either way

43
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Can you conspire or attempt to commit the impossible?

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Yes

National Investigators' Exam 2022 (10 decks)

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