OF03: Robbery

Question 1

What are the elements of Robbery?

Answer 1

Theft

Accompanied by violence
OR
Accompanied by threats of violence

To any person
OR
To any property

Used to extort the property stolen
OR
To prevent or overcome resistance to the property being stolen

Question 2

Understand the offences of aggregated robbery:

Answer 2

Being together with other person or persons, robs any person.
OR
a person robs any person and, at the time, before or after the robbery, causes GBH to any person.
OR
A person armed with a weapon or instrument.

Question 3

Understand the offences of assault with intent to rob:

Answer 3

Assault with intent to rob is where any person assaults a person with the intention to rob them but no theft takes place.

Question 4

Understand the offences of demanding with intent to steal:

Answer 4

Everybody is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years whos, with menace or by any threat, demands any property from any persons with intent to steal it.

Question 5

What is the term for Theft:

Answer 5

all elements of the offence theft must be proven.

Question 6

What is the term for accompanied by violence:

Answer 6

robbery is committed if violence is used on the victim at the time of the theft.

Question 7

What is the term for to any person or property:

Answer 7

The words any person includes threats or violence to the person being robed and also any other person.

It is sufficient if the property is being threaten is within the personal and immediate care or protection of the victim.

Question 8

What is the term for used to extort the property stolen:

Answer 8

extort means to obtain by violence or intimidation or to extract forcibly.
So uses extortion to steal property.

Question 9

What is the term for to prevent or overcome resistance to the property being stolen:

Answer 9

This normally applies when violence, rather than threats of violence, is exercised.

Question 10

What are the elements for receiving?

Answer 10

• Receives
• Any stolen property OR Any property obtained by any other imprisonable offence.
• knowing that property to have been stolen or so obtained OR being reckless as to weather the property had been stolen or so obtained.

Question 11

What is guilty knowledge?

Answer 11

Purchasing something cheaper than its original value and knowing it to good to be true.