Robbery And Receiving

Question 1

Receiving elements

Answer 1

CA1961 section 246 and 247

• Receives
• any property stolen OR any property obtained by any other imprisonable offence
• knowing that property to have be stolen or so obtained OR being reckless to whether the property had been stolen or so obtained.

Question 2

What is guilty knowledge?

Answer 2

Guilty knowledge is an essential element for proving receiving. It can be proved by;

• Direct evidence e.g evidence given by the actual theif.
• circumstantial evidence e.g suspicious circumstances about how the property was obtained.

Question 3

Robbery elements

Answer 3

CA1961 section 234

• theft
• accompanied by violence OR accompanied by threats of violence.
• to any person OR to any property
• used to extort the property stolen OR to prevent or overcome resistance to the property being stolen.