Drink driving is a strict liability offence
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This ‘Examination focus’ is relevant for AQA AS Unit 2: The Concept of Liability and the A2 Unit 4: Concepts of Law topic ‘Fault’; OCR A2 Unit G153: Criminal Law and WJEC A2 Unit 4, Option 2: Criminal Law and Justice.
Most offences require that the prosecution (P) must prove both an actus reus and a mens rea. In other words, with most offences P must prove not only that the defendant (D) did the act in question but that D did it with intent, or with recklessness, or with whatever the mens rea of the offence happens to be.
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