Receiving Stolen Property

Question 1

What are the elements for receiving stolen property?

Answer 1

Receives
Any property stolen
OR
Any property obtained by any other imprisonable offence
Knowing that property to have been stolen or so obtained
OR
Being reckless as to whether the property had been stolen or so obtained

Question 2

What is the essential element of guilty knowledge and how it can be proved?

Answer 2

Direct evidence
Suspicious circumstances around the acquisition of that property
Receiver purchased the property at gross undervalue
The nature or amount of property causes suspicion
The receiver falsely denies having the property
The receivers general conduct in relation to the property

Question 3

Explain doctrine of recent possession and how it relates to receiving and theft

Answer 3

If a receiver is found with passion of a stolen item recently after it was stolen this doctrine says it is reasonable to charge them as the thief