General Defences
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General Defences Anthony Harte This is an assignment examining the general defences available to a person who is charged with a criminal offence. In this assignment I will establish to elements needed to be charged with a criminal offence, and how these elements have to be present for a person to be charged with an offence. Also looking how the lack of these elements works as a defence to the charges of a criminal offence. Firstly we need to look at the elements that must be present for a person to be charged with an offence. There are two elements that need to be present; the first and essential element of a crime that must be proved to secure a conviction. This is referred to as 'Actus Reus'. In most cases the actus reus will simply be an act (e.g. appropriation of property is the act of theft) accompanied by specified...


