PAPER 1 ROBBERY

Question 1

What does the offence of robbery come under?

Answer 1

S.8 TA 68

Question 2

What is the definition of robbery?

Answer 2

A person is guilty of robbery if he steals and immediately before or at the time of stealing and in order to do so, he uses force.. or seeks to put them in fear of being then and there subjected to force.

Question 3

In addition to the AR of theft the AR of robbery requires what?

Answer 3

The use of force or to put or seek to put any person in fear of force

Question 4

What are the 2 conditions on the force?

Answer 4

1. Must be immediately before or at the time of the theft
2. It must be in order to steal.

Question 5

What amount of force is sufficient?

Answer 5

Any amount.

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Question 6

What did the cases of Hale and Lockley identify?

Answer 6

The concept of an ongoing theft

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Question 7

For the MR of robbery what must be proved?

Answer 7

That the defendant had the MR for theft and intended to use force to steal.

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Question 8

Where force is used to steal when is the robbery complete?

Answer 8

The moment the theft is complete.

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