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R V GEOFFREY CLIVE HARMER (2001)

PUBLISHED December 12, 2001
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[2001] EWCA Crim 2930

The defendant could not rely on threats of violence as an excuse for criminal conduct because he had become indebted to a drugs supplier and therefore had voluntarily exposed himself to unlawful violence. The defence of duress was not available to him.

CA (Crim Div) (May LJ, Goldring J, Gross J)

12/12/2001

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