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Can you be convicted of an attempted crime by making an omission?
The Law Commission considered this issue in a 2009 report (No. 318) on "Conspiracy and Attempts", at paragraphs 8.142 through 8.151. In summary,
The Criminal Attempts Act 1981 says that in ...
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Can you be convicted of an attempted crime by making an omission?
I guess your conflict comes from the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 defining:
If, with intent to commit an offence to which this section applies, a person does an act which is more than merely ...
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Can you be convicted of an attempted crime by making an omission?
Brief research suggests it is a vexed question, but that "attempting" in general requires a specific intention, not just recklessness.
In the Gibbins and Proctor case, the man and his ...
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