THEFT; ACTUS REUS

Question 1

Define theft. (1)

Answer 1

a person is guilty of theft if he or she dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permenately depriving the other of it.

Question 2

what act is theft defined under? (1)

Answer 2

the theft act 1968

Question 3

what sections cover the actus reus of theft in the theft act 1968? (3)

Answer 3

• s3; appropriates
• s4; property
• s5; belonging to another

Question 4

what does appropriation mean? (1)

Answer 4

appropriation is the act of taking something.

Question 5

what does appropriation include? (8)

Answer 5

-the physical picking up of an item
-destroying property
-throwing items away
-selling property
-switching price labels on items
-giving worthless cheques for goods
-receiving a gift
-deciding to keep an item

Question 6

what does section 3 (1) of the heft act 1968 state? (1)

Answer 6

“any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to appropriation, and this includes, where he has come by the property (Innocently or not) without stealing it, any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner”

Question 7

what do the rights of the owner include? (5)

Answer 7

selling the property
consuming it
using it
lending it
hiring it out