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Robbery
- Under s.8 of the Theft Act
1968
- Required elements for robbery are: THEFT,
USE/THREAT OF FORCE, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OR
AT THE TIME OF THE THEFT, IN ORDER TO STEAL
- Completed theft: there must be a completed
theft for robbery to have been committed
- Corcoran v Anderton
- R v Smith(Micheal) and others
- Robinson
- Corcoran v Anderton
- Force: must be proven that the theft was carried out
using/threatening force
- Dawson and James
- Clouden
- B and R v DPP
- Dawson and James
- On any person: the person threatened doesn't have to be
the person from who the theft occurs
- Force must be immediately before or at the time of stealing
- Hale
- Lockley
- Hale
- Force must be in
order to steal
- Mens Rea: D must have mens rea for theft
and must intend to use force to steal
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