R v Smith (Joshua)

Subject Matter

NUISANCE — Public nuisance — Elements of offence — Defendants trespassing on race track during Formula 1 motor race — Whether case law on common law offence of public nuisance relevant to statutory offence — Whether defendants creating risk of serious harm to “section of the public” — Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c 32), s 78

[2024] EWCA Crim 1040; [2025] KB 415; [2025] 2 WLR 215; [2025] 3 All ER 380; [2025] 1 Cr App R 5; [2024] WLR(D) 414, CA