attempts

• definition of attempt


  s1 of criminal attempts act 1981

  ‘with intent to commit offence, a person does an act which is more than merely preparatory, he is guilty of attempting to commit the offence’
• Jones


  D bought gun, shortened barrel, wore helmet with visor to conceal identity and pointed gun at V

  • did go beyond merely preparatory so was an attempt
• Gullefer

  • D jumped onto greyhound track in order for him to reclaim money as had bet on race
  • quashed conviction as acts were merely preparatory
• Geddes

  • D found in boys toilet with knife,rope and tape & had no right to be in school
  • conviction quashed as still number of acts to be done
• ‘embarked on the crime proper ‘

  • have D gone more than merely preparotory
  • GULLEFER
• state AR and MR

  • AR- an act which is more than preparing for a crime
  • MR- with intent to commit that offence
• for attempted murder whats intention ?

  • intention to kill only
• impossibility

  • where D attempts to commit offence even tho its impossible to commit
  • CRIMINAL ATTEMPTS ACT 1981 s1(2)
  • Shivpuri ( agreed to carried drugs in suitcase , but carried vegetables ) was convicted as knowingly was carrying “drugs”