Criminal law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, criminal damage by fire is charged as:

  1. AAggravated theft
  2. BAffray
  3. CArson
  4. DBurglary
2.Easy

Which statute contains the main non-fatal offences against the person in England and Wales (ABH, wounding, GBH)?

  1. AThe Theft Act 1968
  2. BThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
  3. CThe Criminal Damage Act 1971
  4. DThe Homicide Act 1957
3.Easy

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

  1. A10
  2. B16
  3. C14
  4. D12
4.Medium

Oblique (indirect) intention in English law (R v Woollin) exists when:

  1. AThe defendant did not foresee any harm
  2. BThe result was merely possible
  3. CDeath or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  4. DDeath was a foreseeable consequence that a reasonable person would have appreciated
5.Medium

D grabs V's handbag so forcefully that V's hand is pulled down. Following R v Clouden, this can be:

  1. AOnly theft, because there was no direct contact with V's body
  2. BRobbery, because force was used on the person to steal
  3. COnly battery, because the bag was not taken
  4. DBurglary, because the bag was V's property
6.Medium

For malicious wounding or inflicting GBH under section 20 OAPA, the defendant must at least have foreseen:

  1. ANothing, because it is strict liability
  2. BThat some physical harm might result
  3. CThat the victim would die
  4. DThat serious harm would certainly result
7.Hard

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

In R v Whybrow (1951), the court held that the mens rea of attempted murder is:

  1. AAn intention to cause GBH
  2. BThe same as the mens rea of murder
  3. CRecklessness as to causing death
  4. DAn intention to kill only

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Arson
  2. 2. B · The Offences Against the Person Act 1861
  3. 3. A · 10
  4. 4. C · Death or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
  5. 5. B · Robbery, because force was used on the person to steal
  6. 6. B · That some physical harm might result
  7. 7. C · The series of acts formed one transaction, so actus reus and mens rea coincided
  8. 8. D · An intention to kill only

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