Timeline for Can you be convicted of an attempted crime by making an omission?
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| Dec 8 at 11:39 | comment | added | Steve | @FD_bfa, I think everyone including the law commission are of the view that the specific issue has not been tried. One of the difficulties is that only a limited number of offences are capable of being completed by omissions (or acting inconsistently with a duty), and the circumstances that could then support analysis as an attempt of one of these offences, have been superseded by statutory offences - such as cruelty to a child (CYPA 1933). So it's very unlikely that the issue will arise in a trial. | |
| Dec 6 at 23:13 | comment | added | Ángel | @FD_bfa it is a made up scenario trying to met all requisites, while avoiding flaws such as the author claiming they were going to return shortly, or that they said to the child that she as going to die but were only trying to scare her. I can only provide my opinion, I don't think this has actually happened. | |
| Dec 6 at 20:45 | comment | added | FD_bfa | This is more along the lines of what I was looking for, so thank you. I think the issue I have is that your example, at the moment, feels like speculation. You say that you think this would be considered attempted murder by the court, but is there something concrete that we can base that opinion on? | |
| Dec 6 at 20:36 | history | answered | Ángel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |