She says she had no idea that the bottle also contained cocaine hydrochloride tablets. She does not know when the tablets were imported and police enquiries are unable to establish the date of importation. Criminal Code Act 1995 is not in force. National Committee on Violence. In your answer, refer to the relevant case and statute law.
Criminal law is concerned with the allocation of moral blame.
This is why the courts are so reluctant to assign criminal responsibility in the absence of a guilty mind. It is also why dishonesty is a vital ingredient of property crime. People who are stupid, rather than wicked, are not the concern of the criminal law. Similarly, those who mean well should be excused. In the hierarchy of wrongdoing, such total indifference to the consent of a person to have sexual intercourse is plainly reckless, at least in our society today.