Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

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

Automatism as a defence refers to:

1. AActing under the influence of strong anger
2. BActing without voluntary control over one's body
3. CActing under threats from another person
4. DActing in the belief that the act is lawful

Self-defence is generally a defence when the force used is:

1. AUsed after the threat has ended
2. BPlanned in advance as revenge
3. CAs strong as possible
4. DNecessary and reasonable in the circumstances

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

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

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

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. BA battery, because the act was continuing when the mens rea arose
3. CNo offence, because the original act was accidental and mens rea arose only afterwards
4. DOnly criminal damage to the officer's shoe

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

1. AThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
2. BCopying films was not illegal at the time
3. CFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen
4. DThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. ABroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
2. BAlways breaks the chain of causation
3. CMakes the doctors liable for murder
4. DDid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant