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Questions on Criminal Law.
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Criminal Law 1 Session 2001-2002 Coursework Assessment (1)(a)(i) There is no need for the Crown to establish mens rea here. Mens rea is the latin maxim for the guilty mind indicating the criminal responsibility of the accused, relative to a particular crime. This is a strict liability offence, found only in statutory crimes, which means that all the Crown are required to prove is the actus reus of the offence, being the behavioural element or the guilty act. This offence is a conduct crime where the definition of the crime contains a type of behaviour only and no resultant damage or injury. Thus, the Crown would only require to prove that Angela was in possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place and they would not need to consider her mental state while doing so. The Crown would need to show that the scythe and axe fall...
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