R v Laskowski [2023] EWCA Crim 494 – S 4(1) MDA.
- offer to supply drugs.
- jurisdiction regarding UK offences committed abroad.
1) offence under s 4(1) MDA requires that an offer capable of being heard or read is made to another whether or not it is actually heard or read.
- offence of offering to supply drugs where offer made by D from another country texted to person in England is complete when text sent.
2) presumption against extraterritorial application of criminal statute displaceable by express terms of statute or by necessary implication having regard to mischief of offence and public interest.
- “supply” is broad term referring to entire process of supply.
- where offer to supply made in another country, court had to consider whether substantial measure of activities constituting the offence took place in UK.
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