Robbery 👰🏼‍♂️

Question 1

Force (robbery)

Answer 1

The prosecution also has to prove force or threat of force, although the amount of force used can be small

(R v Dawson and James (1976), R v Clouden (1987))

Question 2

Threat of Force (robbery)

Answer 2

Putting V in ‘fear of force’ is enough for robbery.

In some situations, there can be robbery even when the victim does
not appear to be actually frightened. (B and R v DPP (2007).)

‘On any person’ means that the person threatened does not have to be the person from whom the theft occurs. E.g. a bank robbery.

Question 3

Problems with timing of theft in robbery

Answer 3

The definition of ‘immediately’. How long is this?

The timing of either the force used, the threat of force, and the theft is very important

Question 4

In order to steal, if force is used for another purpose…

Answer 4

it is not robbery, even if D decides afterwards to steal.