Chapter 15 Multiple choice questions

. Which ONE of the following inchoate offences was abolished by the Serious Crime Act 2007?

Conspiracy

Encouraging or assisting crime

Incitement

Attempt

. Filiz persuades Luke to steal a painting from a stately home. However, when he approaches the house Luke is chased away by a fierce guard dog. Which of the following offences might Filiz be convicted of?

Encouraging or assisting theft

Attempted burglary

Conspiracy to steal

Attempted theft

. Aidan is a violent man who has previously been convicted of attempted murder after he beat a man with whom he had a dispute with a hammer. After an argument with another neighbour, Aidan asks Harshad to lend him a hammer. Harshad suspects that Aidan might have violent intentions but he lends Aidan the hammer anyway. Aidan had intended to use the hammer to kill the neighbour but later changed his mind. Could Harshad be convicted of any of the following offences?

Aiding murder

Intentionally encouraging or assisting GBH

Encouraging or assisting GBH believing it will be committed

None of the above

. Which of the following parties may be convicted of a conspiracy to commit an offence?

Andrew and Caroline, who are engaged to be married

Terry and Helen, a married couple

Kate and Samantha, who are in a civil partnership

John, aged 9 and his father, Bert

. Which of the following mens rea elements is NOT required for conspiracy?

Intention to enter into the agreement

Intention to play an active part in carrying out the agreement

Intention that the agreement be carried out and the substantive offence be committed

Intention or knowledge that the facts or circumstances which constitute the actus reus of the offence do or will exist

. What is the mens rea required for attempted murder?

Intention to kill or recklessness as to causing death

Intention to kill or cause GBH

Intention to kill or recklessness as to causing GBH

Intention to kill

. Which of the following statements about attempts is FALSE?

Oblique intent is sufficient for attempted murder.

Whether or not the actus reus of attempt is present is a question of fact for the jury to decide.

Impossibility is a defence to an attempt.

A defendant may not be convicted of an attempt to commit a summary offence under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981.

. Which ONE of the following accurately represents the actus reus of an attempt?

Acts immediately connected with (proximate to) the offence

Taking steps which are more than merely preparatory towards the commission of the offence

Acts remotely leading towards the offence

The offender must have crossed the Rubicon and burnt his boats.

. To which of the following offences is impossibility a defence?

Common law conspiracy & Encouraging and assisting crime

Attempt & Common law conspiracy

Statutory conspiracy & Attempt

Attempt & Statutory conspiracy

. Which ONE of the following is NOT an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007?

Intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence

Encouraging or assisting an offence believing it will be committed

Encouraging or assisting offences believing one or more will be committed

Recklessly encouraging or assisting an offence

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