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Principles from R v Looseley ; AG’s Ref. (No 3 of 2000)

- [2001] 1 WLR 2060

• Unacceptable that the state through its agents should

lure its citizens into committing acts forbidden by the

law and then seek to prosecute them for doing so;

• Every court has a duty to prevent abuse of its process;

• Did the police did no more than present the defendant

with an unexceptional opportunity to commit a crime;

and

• Was the conduct of the police was so seriously

improper as to bring the administration of justice into

disrepute.