robbery

Question 1

Intro ?

Answer 1

-The d would be charged with robbery under section 8 of the theft act 1968 for there actions against the victim.

Question 2

actus reus ?

Answer 2

• robbery is defined as stealing ‘and immediately before or at the time of doing so, in order to do so, he uses force on any person.
  -or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.’
  -corcoran v anderton d tugged on v’s bag took it and ran away d was gulity of robbery.
  -indictiable only offence with maximum sentence life imprisionment

Question 3

secondly must be proven?

Answer 3

-that the d used force or sought to put a person in fear
-amount of force can be small
-dawson and james where a push was sufficent to amount to force
-DDP v b and r a threat of force is sufficent does not matter if v is scared
-jury will decide if fear is present

Question 4

thirdly proven?

Answer 4

-force must be used immediately or before the time of theft
-Hale d pit his hand over the victim as the theft took place
-force must be used for purpose of stealing if theft is later act it will not suffice

Question 5

fourth proven ?

Answer 5

-must also be proven force was used or threaten’on any person’

Question 6

mens rea ?

Answer 6

-established above
-must also have the intent to use intentional force to steal