Attempts

Question 1

s1(1) Criminal Attempts Act 1981

Answer 1

‘If with intent to commit an offence, (…) a person does an act which is more than merely prepatory to the commission of the offence, he is guilty of attempting to commit the offence’

Question 2

s1(2) Criminal Attempts Act 1981

Answer 2

D may still be guilty of an attempt even though facts are such that the commission of the offence is impossible

Question 3

s1(3) Criminal Attempts Act 1981

Answer 3

D may still be guilty of an attempt even if the result they intended if achieved, would not be the crime they believed would be committed

Question 4

Mens Rea of Attempts

Answer 4

D must intend to perform the act that goes beyond mere preparation towards the commission of the substantive offence