6. In the case of Sharp duress was not allowed to use duress because

• He had joined a gang that carried out robberies, on the last robbery he claimed he did not want to be there and a man was shot dead, however when he joined he knew they were likely to use violence
• He/she did not forsee that they would try and make him/her commit an offence through threats AND a reasonable person would not have foreseen this either
• a) joins a criminal gang which is known to use violence, b) where D puts him/herself in a position where they know that they are likely to be subjected to threats of violence or actual violence eg drug dealers, involvement with gangs