Asif is a builder who has been engaged by Sami to replace some broken tiles on Sami's roof. While Asif is on the roof Elspeth spots his ladder and steals it. Not knowing the ladder has been taken, Asif slips off the roof in trying to locate the top rung. He falls to the ground seriously injured. Sami, who is watching his favourite football team on television, sees Asif fall but does nothing until the end of the game 30 minutes later by which time Asif is near to death. Sami calls for an ambulance and Asif is taken immediately to hospital but Asif dies soon after arrival. Medical evidence indicates that if the ambulance had been called promptly Asif would probably not have died. Consider the potential criminal liability of Elspeth and Sami. Would your answer be any different if Elspeth had not stolen the ladder but had removed it as a joke and had left it nearby?