Criminal law worksheet with answers

A defendant who did not know what they were doing because of a severe mental disease may rely on:

1. ADuress
2. BNecessity
3. CInsanity
4. DProvocation

Under section 4 of the Theft Act 1968, which of these cannot normally be stolen?

1. AA bicycle
2. BA bank balance
3. CMoney
4. DLand

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ADamage to one's property
2. BPublic embarrassment
3. CDeath or serious injury
4. DLosing one's job

A, a lifeguard paid to watch a pool, reads a magazine while a child drowns. A could be liable for an omission because of:

1. AA contractual duty to act
2. BA special relationship with the child's parents
3. CBeing the only person who saw the child
4. DHaving created the dangerous situation

D makes repeated silent phone calls to V, causing her psychiatric illness. Following R v Ireland, D can be guilty of:

1. ANo offence, because words or silence can never amount to an assault in law
2. BOnly a civil wrong, because no physical harm occurred
3. CAn assault, as silent calls can cause apprehension of immediate force
4. DOnly harassment, because no force was used

Joint enterprise (accessorial liability) after R v Jogee requires that the accessory:

1. AWas present at the scene by chance
2. BMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
3. CWas related to the principal
4. DIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime

In R v Walkington (1979), D went behind a shop counter and opened a till. This was burglary because:

1. AThe till contained money at the time
2. BD was carrying a weapon at the time
3. CShops are treated as dwellings in law
4. DEntering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough

In R v Cunningham (1957), D tore a gas meter off a wall to steal money; gas leaked and poisoned a neighbour. The court held "maliciously" means:

1. AIntending the harm or foreseeing the risk of it and taking it anyway
2. BActing in a way that is against the law
3. CActing with wickedness or ill will towards the victim, as in ordinary usage
4. DFailing to notice a risk an ordinary person would see