United Kingdom Leading Case entrapmentabuse of processsection 78 pacearticle 6

R v Looseley; Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 2000)

[2001] UKHL 53; [2001] 1 WLR 2060

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year2001

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Entrapment is not a substantive defence, but where state agents incite an offence the accused would not otherwise have committed, the court may stay the proceedings as an abuse of process (the normally appropriate remedy) or exclude evidence under s.78 PACE.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

Related Cases

R v G and R [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 AC 1034

R v Howe [1987] UKHL 17; [1987] AC 417

R v Sang [1979] UKHL 3; [1980] AC 402

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