Burglary Flashcards
1
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R v Collins
A
- D climbed a ladder and perched on a window ledge before being invited in through the open window by V.
- ‘Entry’
- The Court of Appeal said ‘entry’ had to be ‘effective and substantial’.
2
Q
R v Brown
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- D leaned through an open window while standing on the ground outside.
- ‘Entry’
- The Court of Appeal said ‘entry’ had to be ‘effective’.
3
Q
R v Ryan
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- D was found with his head an arm trapped in a window at 2:30am.
- ‘Entry’
- The Court of Appeal said that while his entry may not have been ‘effective’, there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find D had entered.
4
Q
B and S v Leathley
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- A 25-foot freezer container resting on railway sleepers in a farmyard had its own lock and electricity supply.
- ‘Building’
- The freezer container was held to be a building.
5
Q
Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings and Gould
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- A lorry trailer had steps and its own electricity supply.
- ‘Building’
- The trailer was held not to be a building because it still had wheels attached.
6
Q
R v Walkington
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- D opened a till housed within a three-sided ‘island’ on the shop floor of a department store.
- ‘Or Part of a Building’
- D may have had permission to enter the shops, but clearly entered the counter area as a trespasser with the intention to steal.
7
Q
R v Jones and Smith
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- D1 and D2 took two television sets from D2’s father’s house.
- The father argued Ds had permission to enter.
- ‘Trespasser’
- The Court of Appeal upheld the convictions as both D1 and D2 had exceeded their permission, or ‘licence’, to enter.
8
Q
A-G’s Reference No. 1 No. 2 of 1979
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- These were two conjoined appeals where burgulars had been convicted but both argued that they had not been intending to steal a specific item.
- Conditional Intent - Theft
- D will satisfy the mens rea if they enter intending to steal anything they can find that is worth taking rather than a specific item.
