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Insanity and Mens Rea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2000

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Question: “D, who is mentally ill, believes that he is Jesus Christ. He breaks down P's front door and belabours him with a snooker cue, in the deluded belief that P is about to crucify him. Having been subdued by five police officers, D is eventually tried on indictment for aggravated burglary and affray. What is his criminal liability?”

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