The defendant appealed his conviction for possession of a firearm without a certificate.
Held: The offence was absolute. The defendant was guilty because he knew he had a holdall with contents even though he did not know what those contents were.
[1993] Crim LR 298
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Atkins v Director of Public Prosecutions; Goodland v Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 8-Mar-2000
For possession of an indecent image of a child to be proved, it was necessary to establish some knowledge of its existence. Images stored without the defendant’s knowledge by browser software in a hidden cache, of which he was also unaware, were not . .
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Updated: 22 July 2021; Ref: scu.199233
