Criminal Law - Case Study

CRIMINAL LAW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CASE STUDY.................................................................................................................................1
Computer Misuse Act, 1990............................................................................................................2
Similar Case with their Judgements.................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
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REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Criminal law is defined as the body of law that applies to criminal acts. It is the only
body of government through which organised societies protects the security of individuals
interest and ensure the survival of the group1. The main objective of this law is to reduce the
criminal activities with in the boundary of a country. UK government have done lots of
amendment in the recent period to reduce the crime and make people feel safe in the society. In
this report the discussion will be on the topic of Computer Misuse Act, 1990 where various
cases are also mentioned related to the topic of crime.
CASE STUDY
The given case is related with the misuse of computer data under Misuse Act, 1990
where there are two employee's of Orange Computer which is a IT company. JoJo and Nikos
had a argument with each other so JoJo goes to Nikos office just to confront him. JoJo misuse
the computer of Nikos after reaching in the premisses of office because Nikos was not their at
that time. After using his computer JoJo feels bad because Nikos has told him not to use his PC
in any of the situation.
After returning back to home JoJo forgives Nikos for the argument which had occurred
between them because he realised that the fault was of his boss. So , JoJo decided to send
large volume of emails to his boss just to crash the system and as a result the server become
inoperative for at least one weak. JoJo also decided to send mail to Nikos for apologising but
due to minor mistake he send virus to Nikos which deleted the entire content of Nikos
computer .
1 Cassese, Antonio.(Cassese's international criminal law. Oxford university press, 2013)
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