To be convicted of the offence of child abduction, it need only be shown that the defendant was the effective cause of the abduction, not that he was the sole cause of the abduction. Here the appellant had been convicted after going to London with a fifteen year old girl, who wanted to leave home. The defendant had been warned by her parents not to do so, and the girl’s consent could not affect the issue.
Citations:
Gazette 20-Oct-1999, Times 15-Oct-1999, [2000] 1 Cr App R 418
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Norman, Regina v CACD 31-Jul-2008
The defendant suffered a degenerative disease affecting his mental capacity, and at trial the issue of his fitness to plead arose.
Held: Where the issue of unfitness arose it was necessary for the court to exercise very careful case management . .
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Crime
Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.85104
