Category: terrorism

R v G; R v J [2009] UKHL 13; [2009] WLR (D) 80

“To rely on the defence in s 58(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 a defendant had to show an objectively ‘reasonable excuse’ for his action or possession and a ruling that neither a desire to ‘wind up’ prison officers nor mental illness could amount to a reasonable excuse had been correct.”

WLR Daily, 4th March 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina v G (Terrorism: Information); Regina v J (terrorism: Information)

House of Lords

“To secure a conviction, the prosecution was not required to show that a defendant had had a terrorist purpose for collecting or recording information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist or possessing a document or record containing information of that kind.”

The Times, 5th March 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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