Theft

Question 1

Theft

Answer 1

A person is guilty of theft (s 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968) if they ‘dishonestly [appropriate] property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it’

Question 2

Appropriation

Answer 2

Appropriation (s 3(1) of the Theft Act 1968) is assuming the rights of an owner of property by keeping it or controlling its movements.

Question 3

Abstracting Electricity

Answer 3

Dishonestly uses without due authority, or dishonestly causes it to be diverted or wasted.