Terrorism - the legal definition
The CPS guidance is here User Posted Link .
The key elements of the definition under the Terrorism Act 2000 are:
Involves serious violence ✅
Designed to intimidate a section of the public ✅
Undertaken “for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause” ❌
I would have thought that this act fails that last stage and thus is not within the legal definition of terrorism. This chap wasn’t “advancing a cause” in the way that ISIS is (ie trying to build a caliphate) - he was simply expressing his religious or racial hatred. He's not trying to advance any cause.
Posted By: Old Git on June 19th 2017 at 12:01:27
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- Terrorism - the legal definition (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 12:01:27
- Glad that I'm not paying for this post! All the greatest legal minds on here at once. (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 19, 13:39:22
- somebody is (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 14:00:12
- it's as much advancing a 'cause' as the others (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 19, 12:17:40
- "Anyway it's semantics" (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 12:35:05
- pretty fine line (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 12:40:45
- I don;t really understand though why (General Chat) - Jim, Jun 19, 12:31:12
- I was just commenting on wotb posts (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 19, 22:31:40
- The thing about social media is... (General Chat) - mr carra, Jun 19, 14:16:22
- because of past experience. See Thomas Mair instance (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 19, 12:35:55
- I think the thing I'm most queasy about (General Chat) - norway, Jun 19, 13:23:24
- that's just a broadcasters opinion (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 12:45:41
- Jim's question was about the media coverage, which is what he's seen complaints about (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 19, 13:17:58
- agreed (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 13:28:04
- This is critical of course. (General Chat) - norway, Jun 19, 13:24:28
- spot on tombs, but good luck with this board. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 19, 13:13:19
- Jim's question was about the media coverage, which is what he's seen complaints about (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 19, 13:17:58
- Precisely. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jun 19, 12:21:27
- "Anyway it's semantics" (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 12:35:05
- too many words (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 12:10:09
- Dentist has been grovelling and offered me a free appointment later (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 12:13:35
- nothing for free in this world, he will extract his revenge (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 19, 12:29:00
- remember to spit, not swallow (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 19, 12:24:44
- Make sure when you go you tell him (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 12:19:12
- Dentist has been grovelling and offered me a free appointment later (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 12:13:35
- He seems to want to eliminate all Moslems from Britain (General Chat) - mr carra, Jun 19, 12:09:35
- Glad that I'm not paying for this post! All the greatest legal minds on here at once. (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Jun 19, 13:39:22
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