robbery

Question 1

guilty of robbery if …

Answer 1

'’he steals, and immediately before at the time of doing so, 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

actus reus

Answer 2

> theft
use of force or threat of force on any person, use/threat of force in order to steal
immediately before or at the time of stealing

Question 3

there must be a completed theft

Answer 3

he dishonestly, appropriates property, belonging to another with intention of permanently depriving the other of it

Question 4

R v Waters

Answer 4

D snatched Vs phone from her and told her that she child have it back if one of her friends spoke to him. C of A quashed the conviction as D did intend to permanently deprive due to the conditions - could be given back in the near future

Question 5

Corcoran v Anderton

Answer 5

D hit s woman in the back and tugged at her bag, she let go and fell to the ground. Ds ran off without the bag. theft was complete so guilty of robbery

Question 6

there must be force or threat of force

Answer 6

must be immediately before or during

Question 7

Dawson and James

Answer 7

D pushed the V, causing him to lose his balance which enabled the other D to take his wallet. Ds were convicted of robbery
held ; ‘force’ was an ordinary word and it was for the jury to decide whether there had been force

Question 8

decision confirmed in Clouden…

Answer 8

D was guilty of robbery when he wrenched a shopping basket from Vs hand- didn’t actually touch her. CofA held the trial judge was right to leave the question of whether force had been used on a person to the jury

Question 9

P v DPP

Answer 9

D snatched cigarette from Vs hand without touching the V in anyway.
held; no direct contact between D + V so couldn’t be said to be force ‘on a person’.
D not guilty

Question 10

B and R v DPP

Answer 10

D only has to ‘seek to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force’. there could be implied threat of force or some limited force by holding and pushing

Question 11

immediately before or at the time of stealing

Answer 11

the force can be on any person e.g. customers in the bank.
no precedent for the time frame

Question 12

hale

Answer 12

two Ds forced their way into Vs house. One put hand over Vs mouth while the other went upstairs to take the jewellery
force before the theft

Question 13

R v Lockley

Answer 13

D caught shoplifting cans of beer. He used force on the shopkeeper who tried to stop him escaping
appropriation is a continuing act and so force is at the time of theft

Question 14

mens rea

Answer 14

> dishonestly
intention to permanently deprive