This media report is based on an article about a crime committed to a 36 years old man named Ben Verelst who lived in West Australia. Mr.Ben was there when three thieves intruded into his house, assaulted him and after that stole his brand new car.
1. Identify the areas of law that are relevant to the chosen media report, and explain how they are? In these articles, there is an overlap between tort law and criminal law with a touch of property law.
Tort Law Tort law is about parties or an individual whom engaged an erroneous action usually including acts of violence and intimidations toward another party (Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) 2015).
This report states that Mr.Ben was …show more content…
After gaining a successful entry, they terrorized and forced Mr.Ben to hand over his property. This is an act of crime; precisely they were guilty of an “Armed robbery occurring on private resident premises.” Basically, armed robbery means taking property from others without their consent often by force or fear with or without weapons (Australian Institute of Criminology 2015). The unfortunate event did not end there; even when Mr.Ben showed willingness to cooperate with them they reacted with violence and intentionally broke his nose. This situation is representing Criminal law (Assault). Furthermore, before they left they stole Mr.Ben brand new car which is worth the value of $60 thousand dollars. According to Mr.Ben testimony, who said that he could hear them doing burnouts and then smashed his car. They had been violated section 197 of Crime act for destroyed and damaged property (O'Brien George 2017).
Property Law Property law clearly states that nobody could inhabit the property that you own without your permission (Cite). Property law is related to this article because the burglars stole Mr.Ben wallets, keys and his brand new car that he had been saving to buy without his
1. Identify the areas of law that are relevant to the chosen media report, and explain how they are? In these articles, there is an overlap between tort law and criminal law with a touch of property law.
Tort Law Tort law is about parties or an individual whom engaged an erroneous action usually including acts of violence and intimidations toward another party (Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) 2015).
This report states that Mr.Ben was …show more content…
After gaining a successful entry, they terrorized and forced Mr.Ben to hand over his property. This is an act of crime; precisely they were guilty of an “Armed robbery occurring on private resident premises.” Basically, armed robbery means taking property from others without their consent often by force or fear with or without weapons (Australian Institute of Criminology 2015). The unfortunate event did not end there; even when Mr.Ben showed willingness to cooperate with them they reacted with violence and intentionally broke his nose. This situation is representing Criminal law (Assault). Furthermore, before they left they stole Mr.Ben brand new car which is worth the value of $60 thousand dollars. According to Mr.Ben testimony, who said that he could hear them doing burnouts and then smashed his car. They had been violated section 197 of Crime act for destroyed and damaged property (O'Brien George 2017).
Property Law Property law clearly states that nobody could inhabit the property that you own without your permission (Cite). Property law is related to this article because the burglars stole Mr.Ben wallets, keys and his brand new car that he had been saving to buy without his