The 11 year old defendant joined others in smashing the windows of a motor van, scraping its paintwork and pushing it into a post. He appealed his conviction for malicious damage.
Held: The conviction was quashed. There had been no evidence before the Magistrates that he knew that what he was doing was wrong.
[1987] Crim LR 42
England and Wales
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Cited – JTB, Regina v HL 29-Apr-2009
The defendant appealed against his convictions for sexual assaults. He was aged twelve at the time of the offences, but had been prevented from arguing that he had not known that what he was doing was wrong. The House was asked whether the effect of . .
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Updated: 21 July 2021; Ref: scu.341826