Key Point
- s1(1) Criminal Attempts Act 1981 should be given its natural meaning
Facts
- D prepared to murder V by sawing off the end of a shotgun
- D climbed into back of V’s car but could not fire as safety was not released, V threw the gun out of window
- D was charged with attempted murder
- D’s counsel argued that the ‘last act’ test from R v Eagleton (1854) 5 Dears C.C. 515 should apply to s1(1) Criminal Attempts Act 1981, under which D must have reached a point of no return to be charged with attempt
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