Cope v Reginam
1964-66 · ALR (S.L.) 474 (1964-66), Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone
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- Facts
- A diamond-area superintendent who regularly removed concentrates unescorted took a pan of concentrates in his car. He was of attempted larceny.
- Issue
- Was there an act immediately connected with larceny?
- Held
- No. His act was consistent with his ordinary duties and did not unequivocally show an intent to steal. The conviction was quashed.
- Principle
- An attempt needs an act immediately connected with the offence and having no other reasonable purpose (R v Robinson).
- Why it matters
- The leading Sierra Leone case on attempt.
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