Attemps

Question 1

R v gullifer

Answer 1

D saw dog that he had backed on in greyhound race was loosing and jumped onto track to distract dogs.
Establishes the gulifer test through lord lane: d must go beyond mere preparation to embark on the crime proper

Question 2

R v white

Answer 2

D put cynaide in his mother’s drink. She died of heart attack before drinking it. Convicted of attempted murder, D does not have to complete the act for them to be convicted

Question 3

R v geddes

Answer 3

D found in primary school with a knife and rope but had no contact with any of the student.
Convicted of attempted false imprisonment but quashed as his act did not go from the preparation stage to the implementation and execution stage of that offence. His acts were only mere prep

Question 4

R v campbell

Answer 4

D waited outside a post office with a replica gun, sunglasses and a threatening note. Convicted of attempted robbery was quashed.
D’s acts were mere prep and he did not embark on the crime proper

Question 5

R v Boyle and Boyle

Answer 5

D’s caught outside house trying to break in, they already had one hinge broken on the front door, police caught them and charged with attempted burglary.
They went beyond mere prep and embarked on the crime proper

Question 6

R v Jones

Answer 6

D got into v’s car and pointed shotgun at him. Attempted murder.
more than mere prep, all d had to do was pull the trigger to commit the full crime

Question 7

R v whybrow

Answer 7

D wired a soap dish next to the bath to electrocute v . Attempted murder.
COA held MR is an intent to kill for attempted murder

Question 8

R v Millard

Answer 8

D arrested after pushing against a wooden fence at match. Attempted criminal damage.
Held there was no attempt no intent and recklessness will not suffice

Question 9

Attorney generals reference no.3

Answer 9

D threw a petrol bomb at car containing four men. Attempted arson with intent to endanger life
Held beef intent to damadge property but could be reckless as to endangering life

Question 10

R v pace and Rogers

Answer 10

D’s bought metal which they thought was stolen. Metal not stolen and sold to them by policemen as test purchases.
COA held d must have an intent to commit all the elements of the offence, not just some of them. A suspicion was insufficient

Question 11

What is the definition of attempts?

Answer 11

If, with the intent to commit an offence to which this section applies, a person does an act which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence, he is guilty of committing the offence

Question 12

Where is attempts defined?

Answer 12

S.1 criminal attempts act