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Apply only the following stipulated principles to the facts. LEGAL PRINCIPLES: 1. A punishable offence…

Neel knowingly and deliberately carries the prohibited weapon, satisfying the supplied possession-offence rule. Criminal mischief requires property damage under the separate…

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Apply only the following stipulated principles to the facts.
LEGAL PRINCIPLES:
1. A punishable offence requires an illegal act accompanied by guilty intention. Knowingly and deliberately carrying a weapon into this cinema despite its express prohibition satisfies that requirement for the possession offence.
2. Criminal mischief requires intentional or knowingly caused damage to public property.
FACTS: Neel attends a film premiere with a pen-knife given by his late mother. He knows that carrying it into the cinema is prohibited. To bring it in deliberately, he evades the guards and metal detector. No public property is damaged. Which decision follows?

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Neel knowingly and deliberately carries the prohibited weapon, satisfying the supplied possession-offence rule. Criminal mischief requires property damage under the separate stated rule, and none occurred; emotional attachment does not excuse the deliberate breach.

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