Aggravated Robbery (together with)

Question 1

Aggravated Robbery (together with) - section and ingredients

Answer 1

Section 235(b) of crimes act - 14 years

1. being together with any other person or persons
2. robs
3. any person

Question 2

what proof is required for “being together with”

Answer 2

There must be proof that, in committing the robbery, the defendant was part of a joint enterprise by two or more persons who were physically present at the robbery.

Question 3

R v Galey on being together with

Answer 3

“Being together” in the context of section 235(b) involves “two or more persons having the common intention to use their combined force, either in any event or as circumstances might require, directly in the perpetration of
the crime.”

Question 4

R v Joyce on being together

Answer 4

‘Being together’ require two or more people acting (physically present together) in the commission of an offence.

Question 5

what is a robbery

Answer 5

1. theft
2. accompanied by violence or threats of violence
3. to any person or property
4. used to extort the property stolen OR prevent or overcome resistance to it being stolen