Criminal Cases for Criminal Damage
Cox v Riley 1986 D erased a programme from a card
that controlled a saw. Erasing the
programme could not amount as
CD but damaging the card itself
was as it rendered it useless.
Henderson v Batterley 1984 D offloaded rubble from truck on
site. Claim CD as land damaged
there was rubble.
Morphitis v Salmon 1990 Scaffold pole was used to block and
access road. A scratch metal
scaffolding bar couldn’t amount to
CD. Removal of scaffold bar
impaired usefulness of road block =
CD
Roe v Kingerlee 1986 Appellant smeared mud over wall.
£7 to clean off. Convicted of CD
Steer 1988 Appellant had an argument with a
former business partner and went
round to his house armed with a
gun. Rang door bell then fired
shots through window and door.
CD
Gayford v Chouler 1898 D crossed V’s field from one
footpath to another, despite being
told by the owner not to. CD
G 2004 Two boys set fire to newspaper then
left them near a rubbish bin.
Spread to supermarket causing £1
million damage, not CD
Smith 1974 Appellant was a tenant in a
ground floor flat. Bought electrical
wiring etc and installed them
Appellent removed tenants items;
not CD
Denton 1981 Set light to machinery and turned
himself to police. Honesty so
conviction quashes.
Hunt 1978 Hunt set fire to his flat to show
council his alarms were defective,
CD
Blake v DPP 1993 Vicar wrote with felt tip pen on
pillar near houses of parliament to
Cox v Riley 1986 D erased a programme from a card
that controlled a saw. Erasing the
programme could not amount as
CD but damaging the card itself
was as it rendered it useless.
Henderson v Batterley 1984 D offloaded rubble from truck on
site. Claim CD as land damaged
there was rubble.
Morphitis v Salmon 1990 Scaffold pole was used to block and
access road. A scratch metal
scaffolding bar couldn’t amount to
CD. Removal of scaffold bar
impaired usefulness of road block =
CD
Roe v Kingerlee 1986 Appellant smeared mud over wall.
£7 to clean off. Convicted of CD
Steer 1988 Appellant had an argument with a
former business partner and went
round to his house armed with a
gun. Rang door bell then fired
shots through window and door.
CD
Gayford v Chouler 1898 D crossed V’s field from one
footpath to another, despite being
told by the owner not to. CD
G 2004 Two boys set fire to newspaper then
left them near a rubbish bin.
Spread to supermarket causing £1
million damage, not CD
Smith 1974 Appellant was a tenant in a
ground floor flat. Bought electrical
wiring etc and installed them
Appellent removed tenants items;
not CD
Denton 1981 Set light to machinery and turned
himself to police. Honesty so
conviction quashes.
Hunt 1978 Hunt set fire to his flat to show
council his alarms were defective,
CD
Blake v DPP 1993 Vicar wrote with felt tip pen on
pillar near houses of parliament to
