Criminal law worksheet with answers

What is the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales?

1. A10
2. B12
3. C16
4. D14

An "inchoate offence" is:

1. AAn offence committed by a child below the minimum age of criminal responsibility
2. BAn offence that requires no mental element at all
3. CAn offence committed before the intended crime is completed, such as attempt
4. DAn offence that can only be tried in the magistrates' court

In English law, which court tries the most serious (indictable-only) offences such as murder?

1. AThe magistrates' court
2. BThe county court
3. CThe Court of Appeal
4. DThe Crown Court

D parks his car on a police officer's foot by accident, then refuses to move it once told. Under Fagan v MPC, this is:

1. AA mere omission without any duty to act
2. BNo offence, because the original act was accidental and mens rea arose only afterwards
3. COnly criminal damage to the officer's shoe
4. DA battery, because the act was continuing when the mens rea arose

D buys a substance believing it is heroin and intends to sell it on. In fact it is harmless powder. Following R v Shivpuri, D is:

1. ANot guilty, because the substance was harmless
2. BGuilty of attempt, as impossibility is no defence under the 1981 Act
3. CNot guilty, because attempting the impossible is no offence under the 1981 Act
4. DGuilty of the full offence of dealing drugs

D and V are playing a properly organised rugby match. D tackles V within the rules and V breaks a leg. D is most likely:

1. ALiable for GBH, because a serious injury was caused
2. BNot liable, because players consent to injuries within the rules of the game
3. CLiable for battery, because consent is never a defence to serious bodily harm
4. DLiable, because rugby is not a recognised sport

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

1. AAn acquittal
2. BVoluntary manslaughter
3. CGrievous bodily harm
4. DInvoluntary manslaughter

In "Thabo Meli v R", the defendants beat the victim, believed him dead and threw him off a cliff, where he died of exposure. The court held:

1. AThe victim's death was not caused by the defendants
2. BThe series of acts formed one transaction, so actus reus and mens rea coincided
3. CThe defendants were guilty only of attempted murder
4. DThere was no murder because the mens rea existed only before the act that actually caused death