There were two criminal acts and the defendant had two purposes, one ancillary to the other. His primary intention was to steal. Having stolen the money, he then killed as he left the house in order to avoid detection.
Citations:
[1959] 1 QB 291
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Evon Smith v The Queen PC 14-Nov-2005
PC (Jamaica) The Board was asked whether the offence was a capital murder. The murder was committed in the course of a burglary. The defendant had stood on a ladder and reached in through a window and attacked . .
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Crime
Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.237281
