In considering whether a child had been abducted, no spatial or geographic element was involved; the question was whether the child was deflected by some action of the appellant from what he would, with parental consent, have been doing.
Citations:
(1994) 98 Cr App R 179
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: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.279807
