Essential Definitions Flashcards
Theft: Theft Act 1968, s.1
Dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.
Burglary: Theft Act 1968, s.9(1)a & 9(1)b
s. 9(1)a: Someone commits the offence of burglary 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 the building in question, or
b. inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm (GBH), or
c. doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
*The act does not have to be committed, only intended.
Burglary: Theft Act 1968, s.9(1)a & 9(1)b
s. 9(1)b: Someone commits the offence of burglary if, having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser, he:
a. steals or attempts to steal anything in the building, or that part of it, or
b. inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein grievous bodily harm (GBH).
Aggravated Burglary: Theft Act 1986, s.10
Commits burglary and has with them at the time WIFE:
Weapon of offence
Imitation Firearm
Firearm
Explosive
Robbery: Theft Act 1968, s.8
Someone commits the offence 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.
Attempt: Criminal Attempt Act 1981, s.1
With intent to commit an offence to which this section applies, a person does an act which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence.
Criminal Damage: Criminal Damage Act 1971, s.1
Someone commits the offence of criminal damage, if, without lawful excuse, he:
a. destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such property or
b. being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged.
Common Assault (Threat): Criminal Justice Act 1988, s. 39
Any act which makes a victim understand he/she is going to be immediately subjected to some personal violence.
Common Assault (Battery): Criminal Justice Act 1988, s. 39
An act by which a person intentionally or recklessly applies force to the complainant.
Assault Occasioning ABH: Offences Against the Person Act, 1861, s.47
ABH: Any hurt which interferes with health or comfort but not to a considerable degree; e.g. bleeding nose, black eye, bruising, scratches.
Unlawful and Malicious Wounding or Inflicting GBH: Offence Against the Person Act 1861, s.20
GBH: Injury resulting in some permanent disability (=loss of function);
Visible disfigurement;
Broken or displaced limbs or bones;
Injuries with substantial blood loss, usually requiring blood transfusion;
Injuries resulting in lengthy treatment or incapacity;
Psychiatric injury (exert evidence is required).
TWOC: Theft Act 1968, s.12
Someone commits the offence of TWOC, if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he:
a. takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or
b. knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it.
Aggravated TWOC: Theft Act 1968, s.12(A)(1)
An offence under s.12(1) in relation to a mechanically propelled vehicle and it is proved that at any time after the vehicle was unlawfully taken (whether by the person or another) and before it was recovered the vehicle was driven or injury or damage was caused, in one or in more of the circumstances below.
TWOC + MPC + Aggravating Factors:
a. Dangerously Driving
b. Injury accident
c. Damage Accident
d. Damage to the vehicle (no RTC)
Going Equipped for Crime: Theft Act 1968, s.25(1)
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.
