SU 1.2

Question 1

What is Robbery?

Answer 1

Robbery is the theft of property by unlawfully and intentionally using
1. Violence to take the property from somebody else, or
2. Threats of violence to induce the possessor of the property to submit to the taking of the property.

Question 2

Elements of Robbery

Answer 2

1. Theft of property
2. Through th use of violence or threats of violence
3. A causal link between the violence and the taking of the property
4. Unlawfulness
5. Intention

Question 3

Bag- snatching

Answer 3

One commits Robbery
Case: Salmans Case.

Question 4

Section 51 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act

Answer 4

1st time offender - 15 years
2nd time offender - 20 years
3rd time or subsequent offender - 25 years

Question 5

Cases

Answer 5

S v Mogala
S v McDonald
S v Yolelo