Murder and attempted murder

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Jan 27, 2025
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Updated: Apr 12, 2025

As you will already know from your studies or the non-fatal offences cheat sheet, criminal offences are made of the actus reus and mens rea. This table summarises the AR and MR of murder and attempted murder.

	Murder:	Attempted murder:
Actus Reus:	D causes the death of another human being in peace time.	An action that is more than merely preparatory to causing the death of another human – essentially when there is no turning back.
Mens Rea:	Intention to kill or cause GBH (refer back to non-fatal offences cheat sheet).	Intention to kill only – biggest difference with murder offence.

Find the Non-Fatal Offences Cheat Sheet here

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