diff --git a/utility.php b/utility.php
index c225e4d..b83f19d 100644
--- a/utility.php
+++ b/utility.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * A set of utility helper functions
  */
 
+use Phroute\Phroute\Exception\HttpMethodNotAllowedException;
+use Phroute\Phroute\Exception\HttpRouteNotFoundException;
 use Sakura\Config;
 use Sakura\Exceptions\ConfigValueNotFoundException;
 use Sakura\Net;
@@ -52,6 +54,20 @@ function view($name, $vars = [])
     return Template::render($name);
 }
 
+// Abort response
+function abort($status = 200)
+{
+    http_response_code($status);
+
+    switch ($status) {
+        case 403:
+            throw new HttpMethodNotAllowedException;
+
+        case 404:
+            throw new HttpRouteNotFoundException;
+    }
+}
+
 function clean_string($string, $lower = false, $noSpecial = false, $replaceSpecial = '')
 {
     // Run common sanitisation function over string