Attempts

Subdecks (3)

Cards (24)

  • 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