Liability 235(c)

Question 1

Aggravated Robbery

Section and Penalty

Answer 1

Section 235(c) Crimes Act 1961

14 Years Imprisonment

Question 2

Aggravated Robbery

Ingredients

Answer 2

.1 Being armed with any offensive weapon
OR
Instrument
OR
Anything appearing to be such a weapon or instrument

.2 Robs

.3 Any person

Question 3

.1 Being armed with any offensive weapon

OR

Instrument

OR

Anything appearing to be such a weapon or instrument

Answer 3

Being armed with:
Means the defendant is carrying the item or has it available for immediate use as a weapon.

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Offensive Weapon:
Any article made or altered for use for causing bodily injury, or intended by the person having it with him for such use.
Sec. 202A(1), Crimes Act 1961

OR

Instrument:
Not defined by statute, but will include any item intended to be used as a weapon or to intimidate and overbear the victim’s will to resist.

OR

Anything appearing to be such a weapon or instrument:
It must be proved that the object appeared to be an offensive weapon or instrument to the victim, and that the defendant intended or was at least reckless as to the possibility that it would be perceived as a weapon.

Question 4

.2 Robs

Answer 4

Robbery:
- Theft
- Accompanied by violence or threats of violence,
- To any person or property,
- Used to extort the property stolen or to prevent or overcome resistance to it being stolen.
Sec. 234(1) Crimes Act 1961

Question 5

.3 Any person

Answer 5

Person:

Gender neutral, proven by judicial notice and circumstantial evidence.