R v Rostron - 2003
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Both R and C appealed against their conviction. They argued that the golf balls were abandoned by their original owners and, thus, removal......
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R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant, a psychomotor epilepsy sufferer, had an epileptic seizure during which he kicked the victim in the head violently....
R v St George - 1840
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The Defendant (St. George) got into an argument with the victim, a Mr Durant. During the course of this argument, the Defendant took out a gun and......
R v Saw - 2009
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Five appellants sought leave to appeal their sentences and a sixth appellant appealed against his sentence for burglary of an occupied dwelling house....
R v Martin - 1881
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant decided to play a practice joke on theatre goers by barring the exits to a playhouse, cutting the lights on the exits......
R v Cunningham - 1957
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The appellant removed a gas meter in order to steal the money inside. The meter however was connected to the neighbouring house......
R v Mullen [2000] QB 520
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Mullen was brought back to England from Zimbabwe due to being wanted by the police. Upon his arrival, he was arrested and later convicted of conspiracy......
R v Lowrie - 2005
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant had made a series of repeatedly false calls to the emergency services. This was a consistent form of behaviour for the defendant......
R v Lipman - 1970
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Robert Lipman was convicted of manslaughter for killing his friend while on a bad LSD trip. She suffered two blows to the head and......
R v Kennedy - 2007
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant and victim were living together in a hostel. The victim visited the defendants room and asked for “a bit to make him sleep”. The defendant......
R v SS Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union. How compensation is awarded under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme....
R v Pittwood - 1902
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant was employed by a railway company to operate the gate at a level crossing across the track. He lifted the gate to......
R v Rimmington and R v Goldstein
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Rimmington sent hundreds of letters containing racial offensive material to several people. Goldstein sent some salt and a cheque......
R v Sangha
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: A flat in which squatters occupied, had two armchairs and a mattress which Sangha set fire to whilst the flat was unoccupied....
R v Shepherd - 1988
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant entered a shop with a view to stealing boxes of goods from it. When charged with burglary, the defendant raised the defence......
R v H - 2005
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant propositioned the victim sexually and attempted to pull her towards him and place a hand over her mouth by grabbing......
R v Page - 1954
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: A British soldier, Harry Richard Page (HRP), killed an Egyptian national in Egypt and was convicted of murder of an Egyptian......
R v Morris; Anderton v Burnside
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendants were convicted of theft under s.1 of the Theft Act 1968 after switching the labels on products in a supermarket to obtain a lower price....
R v Nedrick - 1986
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant Nedrick held a grudge against a woman. In the middle of the night he drove to her house before pouring petrol through her letter box and......
R v McNaughten M'Naghten Case Summary
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: M'Naughten murder and pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity...
R v Brown - 1985 Crim LR 212
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant, Brown, broke a shop window and stuck the top half of his body through the hole while rummaging about inside the shop......
R v Hudson and Taylor
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Hudson and Taylor were two girls who were charged with perjury having given false evidence by failing to identify an individual......
R v Ryan - 1996
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant, Ryan, was discovered in the early hours of the morning stuck inside the window of an elderly person’s house and had to be removed by......
R v Bourne - 1952
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Sydney Joseph Bourne (B) subjected his wife Adelaide Bourne (A) to bestiality by terrorising her into submission against her......
R v Rimmington - 2006
27th Jun 2019
Introduction: Rimmington, the defendant, sent 538 separate postal packages to individuals. These were of a crude, racist and obscene nature......
