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Act and section |
Theft act 1968 s8(1) |
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Definition |
Steals and immediately before or at the time of doing so and in order to do so uses force or seeks to put any person in fear of violence being used then and there |
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What is robbery |
Theft with force Max sentence is life imprisonment |
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AR |
AR of theft Using force or putting or seeking to put any person in fear of force In order to steal Immediately before or at the time of the theft |
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Waters |
Must be a theft |
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Corcoran v Anderton |
No need to escape with the property |
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What is force |
Only has to be small A mere nudge (push) is enough to be classed as force (Dawson and James) |
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Clouden |
Force doesn’t have to be aimed at the victim- indirect of aimed at property |
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Smith v Desmond Hall |
Doesn’t have to be aimed at the owner of the property |
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Seeking or putting any person in fear of force |
V doesn’t actually have to fear -D only need to intend the V to fear (B and R v DDP) Threat doesn’t have to be as the V imagined (Bentham) |
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Vinall |
Force must be used in order to steal |
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Immediately before or at the time of the theft |
Used immediately before or at the time of stealing (Lockley) Threat of future force is not sufficient Continuation of appropriation- jury decides when it’s finished (Hale) |
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MR |
MR of theft Intend to use force to steal |
