Attempted Murder in UK Law

  • R v Howe; R v Bannister; R v Burke; R v Clarkson
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Febrero 1987
    ... ... the four men of two murders (Elgar and Pollitt) and a conspiracy to murder (Redfern, an intended victim who escaped in time). The three counts ... on the availability of the defence of duress on a charge of attempted murder, where the actual intent to kill is an essential prerequisite. It ... ...
  • DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Marzo 1975
    ... ... has to be proved before an accused person can be found guilty of murder by having aided and abetted. Save as to one matter to which I will later ... The charge seems to have been one of aiding and abetting an attempted murder or possibly of attempted murder, which would make it a stronger ... ...
  • Hurnam v State of Mauritius
    • Privy Council
    • 15 Diciembre 2005
    ... ... levelled against the accused, albeit provisionally, is one of murder, we find no reason to depart from the standard practice of this court in ... provisionally charged with a serious offence like murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder or drug trafficking will be released ... ...
  • R v Kilbourne
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Enero 1973
    ... ... exception of the conviction imposed on the third Count, namely attempted Buggery, the Convictions imposed on the Respondent John Kilbourne be, and ... of previous convictions for similar offences and one of attempted murder, committed against the victim of a sexual offence. Pending his appeal to ... ...
  • Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 Febrero 1987
    ... ... Sutcliffe was found guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, of the murder of Miss Hill on or about the 17th November 1980 ... 3 The plaintiff's ... Those offences consisted of 8 cases of attempted murder and 13 cases (including that of Miss Hill—who was the last to be ... ...
  • R v Abdroikov
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Octubre 2007
    ... ... , faced counts of theft (to which he pleaded guilty) and attempted murder (to which he pleaded not guilty, but of which he was convicted) ... ...
  • Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Abril 1988
    ... ... July 1975 and November 1980 he committed 13 murders and eight attempted murders upon such women, the modus operandi in each case being similar ... Central Criminal Court, Sutcliffe was convicted of inter alia the murder of Miss Hill ... 2 Miss Hill's mother and sole ... ...
  • R (Hindawi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 13 Diciembre 2006
    ... ... to 18 years' imprisonment for very serious crimes including attempted murder, which carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Under the ... ...
  • DPP v Stonehouse
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Junio 1977
    ... ... Thomson Stonehouse on the 20th day of November 1974 dishonestly attempted to enable Barbara Joan Stonehouse to obtain from the Canada Life Assurance ... with saying that they were ignorant of whether the killing was murder and seeking the advice of the court thereon. If the killing was murder, ... ...
  • R v Hasan (Aytach)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Marzo 2005
    ... ... way into the house on this occasion, armed with a knife, and had attempted to steal the contents of the safe, but claimed that he had acted under ... It does not, like the defence of provocation to a charge of murder, serve merely to reduce the seriousness of the crime which the defendant ... ...
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