Gender Crime Offence

On June 11th, 2000, there was an attack in Central Park. Over fifty women were assaulted by groups of men after a Puerto Rican Day parade. The women were groped, doused with water, called gender-specific derogatory names and were sexually assaulted. The attackers videotaped the attacks, as did several bystanders. Police were there at the scene, and were notified by victims. However, the police did not try to help.

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Construction Burglary Offence

The initial stage in the construction of a Wigmorian chart is to devise an “Ultimate Probandum” which comprises of the law in relation to the offence committed by the accused. This is essentially the conclusion which the prosecution is attempting to prove and which forms the very first node in the chart. In relation to the case of ‘R v. John Figgis’ the offence of ‘burglary’ had been perpetrated contrary to s.9 (1) (a) Theft Act 1968; which provides 1‘A person is guilty of burglary if he enters any building or part of a buildingas a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2)’.

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