Robbery

• Act 


  Theft Act 1968, s.8
• Definition

  S.8(1)-"A person guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force"
• Actus reus


  A.R of theft or attempted and using or threatening force immediately before or at the time of the theft
• Mens Rea 


  M.R of theft and the intent to use or threat force in order to steal
• R v Dawson and James 


  Where force is quite minor it is the jury discretion if it is
• P v DPP


  No forces used on the person to steal, therefore not a robbery
• B and R v DPP


  Even if V does not feel fear, as long as the D seeks to put them in fear, recklessly or intentionally, then it is robbery
• R v Bentham


  The threat does not need to be real or capable of being carried out if the V feels fear or the defendant seeks to make them feel fear
• R v corcoran and Anderton


  Even if they robbery fails they can still be guilty of robbery if they achieve all required things
• "on any person"


  Possible for D to threaten force or commit force on a person they are not stealing from to still be robbery
• R v lockley 


  "immediately before or at the time"- can still be robbery if D uses force after he steals if the robbery is technically still occurring