Receiving Stolen Property

Question 1

What are the elements for Receiving?

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

Examples of guilty knowledge?

Answer 2

Both direct evidence:
-evidence given by the thief
and circumstantial evidence:
-purchased at gross undervalue
-suspicious circumstances around the acquisition
-nature or amount of property

Question 3

What is Doctrine of Recent Possession?

Answer 3

It puts the onus on the person found in possession of the stolen property to provide an explanation for having it, or be charges with theft or receiving.