Violence CIB 010 Part 3 Flashcards
Abduction - liability
Section 208 *Unlawfully *Takes away or Detains * A Person * Without his or her consent OR With his or her consent obtained by fraud or duress -a) with intent to marry him or her or b) with intent to have sexual connection with him or her or c) with intent to cause him or her to be married to or to have sexual connection with some other person
Abduction Section and Penalty
Section 208 (a) or (b) or (c) Crimes Act 1961 14 years imprisonment
Unlawfully
Without lawful justification, authority or excuse
R v Crossan
Taking away and detaining are “separate and distinct offences. The first consists of taking the victim away. The second of detaining them.
R v Wellard
The essence of the offence of kidnapping is the deprivation of liberty coupled with carrying away from the place where the victim wants to be.
Taking away
refers to where the victim is physically removed from one place to another
Charges relating to Section 208 taking away and detaining
Where evidence of both taking away and detaining two charges should be filed.
R v Pryce
Detaining is an active concept meaning to keep in confinement or custody. This is to be contrasted to the passive concept of harbouring or mere failure to hand over.
Detaining - comment
10-15 minutes in Boyd v R was considered sufficient to constitue an intrusion for detaining
R v Cox - consent
Consent is a persons conscious and voluntary agreement to something desired or proposed by another.
R v Cox Consent must be full, voluntary, free and informed. Freely and voluntarily given by a person to form a rational judgement.
Consent obtained by fraud
Consent obtained by the misrepresentation of the facts or the offenders intentions.
Consent obtained by duress
Actual or implied threat of force to the victim or another person. Can include other forms of pressure or coercion.
R v Mohi
The offence is complete once there has been a period of detention or a taking accompanied by the neccessary intent, regardless of whether that intent was carried out.
R v Waaka
Intent may be formed at any time during the taking away. If a taking away commences without the intent to have intercourse, but that intent is formed during the taking away, then that is sufficient for the purposes of the section.
Marry 208 (a)
to marry” means to engage in a marriage solemnised in accordance with the provisions of the Marriage Act 1955.