Robbery

Question 1

Define section 8 theft act 1968

Answer 1

A person commits robbery if they steal and immediately before doing so or at the time of doing so and in order to do so uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force

Question 2

What does ‘seeks to put’ mean in section 8 theft act 1968?

Answer 2

It is irrelevant whether the threat did or did not have the result of causing the person threatened to be fearful of force being used against them

R V KHAN 2001