6 THEFT 2: APPROPRIATION


A


In R v Phipps and McGill [1970], McGill was lent a car which he used to take his wife to the railway station.


C According to the direction of the trial judge to the


jury, the offence of taking without the owner’s consent had been committed by McGill when he decided not to return the car at the time which was agreed.


E


B


Three of the crimes with which a person can be charged under the Theft Act will be described here.


D As well as being a trespasser, the


accused must be carrying a weapon of offence at the time of the burglary.


Having taken these steps as part of an illegal activity, the accused saw a huge increase in revenue.


Table 1: Br eaking a complex sentence into constituent parts Main S Main V


Main O/C Other V + S/O/C


A McGill B Theft Act 1968 = consolidation previous Acts


covers range of crimes – all = appropriation inc.: 


  


TWOC burglary


aggravated burglary robbery


definition of robbery under s.8 = use of force 





@ time before


but not nec. inside building (= aggravated burglary)


3 main elements of robbery (must exist for conviction): 


steals (s.1: steal = theft, i.e., dishonestly appropriate something with the intention of permanently depriving another person of it)


 use or threat of force (no def. in Act but = even min. physical action)  mens rea


poss. defences inc.: 


A uses force on B but A thinks money etc. = his  force or threat of force used after crime  force but no theft


but ‘appropriation temporary’ = no defence (e.g., Corcoran v Anderton [1980] 72 Cr App R 104: A snatched handbag; it fell to the ground; A ran off without handbag. A was convicted of robbery)


case law – statutory interpretation 





R v Robinson [1977] Crim LR 173 = no theft of money (person believed he had a legal right to it)


R v Clouden [1987] Crim LR 56 = conviction upheld on appeal (although force used to snatch handbag was minimal)


51 was lent a car


Adv. phrases


which he used to take In R v Phipps his wife to the railway and McGill station.


[1970],


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