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| | The CPS : Damage to Property |
 | | Damage is not limited to permanent damage, so smearing mud on the walls of a police cell may be criminal damage. |
 | | However, offences of criminal damage often take place at the same time as, or in the course of, the commission of other offences; for example, damage caused when entering a building for the purpose of burglary, or damage caused to clothing during the course of an assault. |
 | | The procedure applies to an offence of criminal damage (where damage was not caused by fire) and to offences of aiding and abetting, counselling or procuring damage, or to attempting or inciting them (the "scheduled offences": MCA Schedule 2). |
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