Cases for duress of circumstances

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What happened in the case of Shaylor?
An ex-MI-5 agent told Official Secrets to the press, to avoid people being seriously injured
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Was the defence rejected in Shaylor?
Duress was rejected because he could not be specific enough about which people would be hurt
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What 3 elements to establish duress was outlined by the case of Shaylor?
The crime must be committed to avod a greater evil, this evil must be directed at d or someone who feels reasonably fee;s responsile, or the crime must be a reasonable and proportionate response to the evil threatened
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What happened in the case of Conway?
D committed driving offences whilst trying to get away from what they thought were a violent gang but were police officers
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What happened in the case of Pommell?
D commitedd firearms offences by being found in his room with a shotgun
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Why was this defence accepted in Pommell?
Because he had taken the gun from someone he feared would use it to hurt people that night, and was going to hand it into the police the next day
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What happened in the case of DPP v Bell?
D drove while intoxicated to escape a threat of violence but did not drive all the way home, so the defence was accepted
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