Robbery

Question 1

To get s conviction the production must prove 3 things;

Answer 1

1. Theft (Steals)
2. Using force; or
3. Seeking to put someone in fear of force

Question 2

1. For the completed theft all the elements of ____ must be present for there to be a robbery.

Answer 2

Theft

Question 3

_____ or the threat of ____ must be proven, though the amount of force can be small. More is needed than the force used to pick a pocket.

Answer 3

Force

Force

Question 4

One of the defendants nudges a man so as to make it easier for the other defendant to take his wallet from his pocket.
What case was this?

Answer 4

Dawson & James

Question 5

What was held in Dawson & James?

Answer 5

Whether force was used or threatened is for the jury to decided.
Guilty

Question 6

The defendant wrenched a shopping bag from a woman’s grasp. He did not physically touch the woman herself.
What case was this?

Answer 6

Clouden

Question 7

What was held in Clouden?

Answer 7

The force used in the bag, was sufficient to amount to force in a person.
Guilty

Question 8

It is necessary that force applied, putting the victim in ‘____ of being, there and then, subject to ____’ is sufficient.

Answer 8

Fear

Force

Question 9

Robbery is also committed if the victim is not actually ‘__ ____’ of the defendants actions. If the defendant ‘____ to put the victim in ____’ then that is sufficient.

Answer 9

In fear
Seems
Fear

Question 10

The victim, a school boy ages 16 was stopped by 5 other schoolboys. They asked for his mobile phone and money. No serious violence was used but he was pushed and his arms were held while he was searched. The defendants took his phone and £5 from his wallet his watch and his travel card. The victim said he did not feel scared or threatened.
What case was this?

Answer 10

B&R v DPP

Question 11

What was held in B&R v DPP?

Answer 11

No need to show fear in victim & there could also be implied threat of force.
Guilty

Question 12

Person threatened does not have to be the ____ from whom the ____ occurs.
E.G in a bank robbery the customers are very often threatened with force but it is not their money that is taken.

Answer 12

Person

Theft

Question 13

D & D burgled V’s house. D took V’s jewellery box and after they tied up V. They argued theft was compete as soon as jewellery box was taken and therefore force used was not “at the time of stealing”.
What case was this?

Answer 13

Hale

Question 14

What was held in Hale?

Answer 14

The theft was still ongoing as they tied her up.

Guilty.

Question 15

D was shoplifting beer from on off-licence. The shopkeeper tried to stop him but D used force to resist him. D argued theft was complete before the use of force occurred.
What case was this?

Answer 15

Lockley

Question 16

What was held in Lockley?

Answer 16

Act of appropriation can be continuous. It is up to jury to decide when ur ceases. Any force used to escape with stolen property will amount to robbery.
Guilty

Question 17

Section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 states that;

Answer 17

A person is guilty of robbery if he steals and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.