Acquisitive Crime Flashcards
What is Section 1 Theft act 1968?
Theft
A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention to permanently deprive the other of it.
triable either way.. up to 7yrs prison
What is Section 13 Theft act 1968?
Abstracting electricity
A person who dishonestly uses without due authority or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted, any electricity, shall be guilty of an offence.
indictable.. up to 5yrs prison
What is Section 9 ( 1 ) ( a ) Theft act 1968?
Burglary
A person is guilty of burglary (s9, 1, a)…
if he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to:
a) steal anything in the building or part of a building in question;
b) inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm; or
c) do unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
triable either way.. up to 14yrs prison
What is Section 9 ( 1 ) ( b ) Theft act 1968?
Burglary
A person is guilty of burglary (s9, 1, b) if…
having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm.
triable either way, up to 14yrs prison
What is Section 10 Theft act 1968?
Aggravated Burglary
A person is guilty of aggravated burglary if he commits any burglary and at the time has with him (his WIFE)… any weapon, imitation firearm, firearm, or explosive.
indictable offence, up to life imprisonment
What is Section 8 Theft act 1968?
Robbery
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.
indictable offence, up to life imprisonment
What is Section 12 Theft act 1968?
TWOC
A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it.
Summary only, up to 6m prison
What is Section 12A Theft act 1968?
Aggravated Vehicle Taking
TWOC but where,
a) vehicle was driven dangerously on a road or other public place,
b) owing to the driving of the TWOC’d vehicle, an accident occurred by which injury, or death, was caused to any person,
c) owing to the driving of the TWOC’d vehicle, an accident occurred by which damage (to any property other than the index vehicle),
d) damage was caused to the index vehicle.
triable either way, up to 14yrs prison
What is Section 22 Theft act 1968?
Handling Stolen Goods
A person handles stolen goods if, otherwise than in the course of the 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.
triable either way, up to 14yrs prison
What is Section 3 Theft act 1978?
Making Off Without Payment
A person who, knowing that payment on the spot for any goods supplied or service done is required or expected from him, dishonestly makes off without having paid as required or expected and with intent to avoid payment of the amount due shall be guilty of an offence.
triable either way, up to 2yrs prison
What is Section 25 Theft act 1968?
Going Equipped for stealing
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.
triable either way, up to 3yrs prison
