R v Collins

For the namesake Canadian case on exclusion of evidence, see R v Collins (1987).

R v Collins
CourtCourt of Appeal – Criminal Division
Decided5 May 1972
Citation[1973] QB 100; [1972] 3 WLR 243; 2 All ER 1105; 56 Cr App R 554
Cases citedNone
Legislation citedTheft Act 1968, Section 9(1)(a)
Case history
Prior actionTrial at Essex Assizes (Crown Court at Colchester)
Subsequent actionNone
Court membership
Judges sittingEdmund Davies and Stephenson L.JJ. and Boreham J.
Keywords
  • Burglary with intent to rape
  • Trespass

R v Collins [1973] QB 100 was an English Court of Appeal of England and Wales case which examined the meaning of "enters as a trespasser" in the definition of burglary.

Collins was a 19-year-old workman with access to a ladder that he used after a late-night drinking session to climb into an 18-year-old woman's bedroom in order to have sex. In the Crown Court he was convicted of burglary with intent to commit rape. This was overturned on appeal.

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