The Weekly Law Reports
[1981] 2 WLR 509
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS APPELLANT AND CALDWELL RESPONDENT
[On appeal from REG. v. CALDWELL]
1980 Dec. 10,
11;
1981 March 19
1981 March 19
Lord Wilberforce, Lord Diplock, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Roskill.
Crime
— Arson
— Mens rea
— Arson endangering life
— Offence committed while intoxicated
— Whether drunkenness defence
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Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48), s. 1 (1) (2)