Attempts Cases (impossibility)

Question 1

Anderton v Ryan

Answer 1

Facts: d brought a video recorder thinking it was stolen but it was not

Ratio: not stolen so d was innocent

Question 2

R v shivpuri

Answer 2

Facts: d agreed to revived a suitcase which he thought contained prohibited drugs but it only contained harmless vegetable matter

Ratio: knowingly concerned in dealing in prohibited drugs