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Regina v Boyesen: HL 1982

The House considered the meaning of possession.
Held: Lord Scarman: ‘Possession is a deceptively simple concept. It denotes a physical control or custody of a thing plus knowledge that you have it in your custody or control.’

Citations:

[1982] AC 768

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedPorter, Regina v CACD 16-Mar-2006
The defendant appealed his conviction of possession of indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children. The images had been deleted, and were irrecoverable, but they had originally been viewed through a program which created a smaller . .
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Crime

Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.242679

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