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Topic 6- Burglary and Robbery
● Robbery defined in Theft Act (1968)
● Section 8 Theft Act – Robbery
● Section 9 Theft Act – Burglary
● Robbery – indictable so tried in Crown Court (discretionary life)
● Burglary – indictable (maximum sentence 14 years)
, Robbery- Section 8 Theft Act (1968)
● Robbery is the use of force, or the threatening of force, to commit a theft
Definition
‘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,
he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force’
Actus reus
● completes a theft
● using force/putting or seeking to put someone in fear of force (immediately before/at time of theft & done in
order to steal)
Mens rea
● for theft (dishonesty and intention to permanently deprive)
● intended to use force/threat of force to steal
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