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R v Fitzpatrick [1977] NI 20
The appellant voluntarily joined the IRA.
He later wished to leave but was threatened. He claimed he was forced to take
part in robberies. He was denied the defence of duress
Lowry LCJ
“If a person voluntarily exposes and
submits himself, as the appellant did, to illegal compulsion, he cannot rely on
the duress to which he has voluntarily exposed himself as an excuse either in
respect of the crimes he commits against his will or in respect of his
continued but unwilling association with those capable of exercising upon him
the duress which he calls in aid."
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R v Fitzpatrick
