General Defences Intro

Read page 196 of Criminal Law by Diana Roe (3rd edition).

Note: There are considered to be 10 general defences. These are:

ïInfancy - doli incapax (lack of capacity)
ïInsanity (insane automatism)
ïNon-insane
ïIntoxication
ïMistake
ïNecessity
ïDuress
ïDuress of circumstances
ïMarital coercion (rare - read page 231 of 'Criminal Law')
ïPublic and private defences