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Voluntary conduct is self-explanatory as where the defendant acts voluntarily in a free and willed manner. As with our example above, Jill stabs Jack. Simply, Jill has voluntarily stabbed Jack. Take another example:

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Jill dares Jack to jump from a third storey window onto a neighbour’s car. Jack does so and damages the windscreen.

This is a voluntary act by Jack. Regardless of the dare from Jill, his conduct remains free and willed and he is likely to be liable for criminal damage.