Attempts

• Where is attempts defined?

  s1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981
• Where did the law on attempts used to be found before it was defined in statute?

  Common law
• What is an attempt defined as?

  A person is guilty of attempting to commit an offence if they commit an act which is more than merely preparatory, with the intent to commit the offence
• What is a question of fact for each case in attempts?

  Whether the defendant has moved from the merely preparatory stage and gone sufficiently far enough towards committing the offence
• What does more than merely preparatory mean?

  Where the defendant has actually tried to commit the offence
• What does merely preparatory mean?

  Where the defendant simply got ready/got into position/equipped themselves to commit the offence