Definitions 2

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Theft – S.1 Theft Act 1968

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A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

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Burglary – S.9 Theft Act 1968

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A person is guilty of burglary if he:

(a) Enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to:

- Steal anything in the building or part of the building or,

- Inflict GBH on any person therein or,

- Do unlawful damage to the building or anything therein

or

(b) Having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser, steals or attempts to steal anything therein or, Inflicts or attempts to inflict GBH on any person therein

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Going Equipped – S.25 Theft Act 1968

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A person shall be guilty of an offence if, when not at his place of abode, he has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary or theft.

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Offensive weapon – Section 1 The Prevention of Crime Act 1953

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Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on him, has with him in any public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence.

Offensive Weapon means:

Any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him, or by some other person

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Handling stolen goods – S.22 Theft Act 1968

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A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than in the course of stealing)

- Knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods

or

- Dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person, or if he arranges to do so.

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Assault

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An assault is any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate unlawful personal violence.

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Robbery – S8 Theft Act 1968

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A person is guilty of robbery if he:

- Steals, and immediately before or

- At the time of doing so, and in order to do so

- Uses force on any person or

- Puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.

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Criminal Damage – S.1 Criminal Damage Act 1971

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A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another, intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence.

 

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Drugs search power – S.23 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

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If a Constable has reasonable grounds to suspect any person is in possession of a controlled drug the constable may-

a) Search that person, and detain them for the purpose of searching them

b) Search any vehicle or vessel where the drug is suspected to be, and require a person to stop it for that purpose, and,

c) Seize and detain for proceedings under the Act anything found during the search which appears to the constable to be evidence of an offence under this Act.

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Fraud by false representation – S 2 Fraud Act 2006

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A person is in breach of this section if he dishonestly makes a false representation, and intends, by making the representation to make a gain for himself or another, or to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss.