ACTUS REA MENS REUS

Explain what is meant by the terms ‘Mens Rea’ and ‘Actus Reus’. Use Authority to support your answers
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... nificant contribution to the death. In White 1910 intending to murder his mother, the defendant prepared her a drink, made with cyanide, before she touched the drink she died from heart failure. The defendant cannot be convicted of murder, since the victim's death was not due to the poison he gave her.
In rare cases D may unfortunately be found guilty of a crime simply by being in a particular place when the state of affairs has been declared to be wrong. In R v Larsonneur 1933 D had gone to Ireland when her UK permit has expired. She was deported from Ireland, bought by UK by Police agai...