Duress by threats
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- Created on: 11-05-13 11:37
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- D and wife had been violently threatened into committing theft of a lorry, which was carried out some time later. Duress failed since threat was not immediate. D had safe avenue of escape (4, 5)
- D arrested with 4 kilos of cocaine, as boyfriend threatened with violence. On appeal the boyfriend was held to be sufficiently proximate therefore duress was allowed (6, 9)
- D associated with violent drug dealerk (5, 4)
- D had been attacked by a baseball bat by a gang he owed money too, his family was threatened by violence unless he repayed money. D committed two bank robberies. Duress failed as there was insufficient nexus between threat and crime committed (4, 8, 3)
- D joined gang of armed robbers but then decided to withdraw from the venture. Threatened into committing further robbery where a man was killed. As he joined the gang he knew they were violent so duress is not a defence. (5, 5, 7)
- D joined gang of non-violent shoplifters. He tried to withdraw but was threatened with violence. As D could not see any violence duress was allowed as a defence (8, 11)
- D was a homosexual lived with wife and king. King threatened D into killing wife. D was drinking and taking meds and in fear assisted King. Duress failed as threats were insufficiently grave (6, 4)
- Forced to commit robbery. As he associated himself with violent people defence failed (11, 3)
- Since D's put themselves in that position defence will fail (3, 5, 5)
- The threat must be effective at the time of the crime is committed. If D had chance to report threat to police the defence will fail. Hol have recently confirmed this (6, 2, 3, 6)
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