This article is relevant for OCR A2 Unit G153 and AQA AS Law 02.
One of the first things you learn when studying criminal law at A-level is that for defendants to be criminally liable the prosecution has to prove that they both committed the actus reus of the crime and had the required mens rea. However, this is not always the case. Strict liability offences are those where the prosecution only has to prove the actus reus of the offence and whether or not the defendant had the mens rea is irrelevant, or where the mens rea does not need to be proved in relation to at least one element of the actus reus.
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