A person who without lawful excuse
destroys or damages property belonging to
another intending to destroy or damage any
such property or being reckless as to
whether any such property would be
destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an
offence
Points to Prove
Lawful Excuse
Permission
Protection
s1 (2) Criminal Damage Act 1971
A person without lawful excuse destroys or
damages property whether belonging to himself or
another intending to destroy/damage any property
or being reckless as to whether any property would
be destroyed or damaged AND Intending by the
destruction/damage to endanger the life of another
or being reckless as to whether the life of another
would thereby be endangered
s3 Criminal Damage Act 1971
An offence is committed by a person who
has anything in their custody or under their
control, intending without lawful excuse, to
use it or cause or permit another to use it to
to destroy/or damage any property
belonging to some other person OR To
destroy/or damage their own or the user’s
property in a way which they know is likely
to endanger the life of some other person