A person is 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’.
Robinson
If there is not a completed theft then there cannot be a robbery.
Corcoran v Anderton
Once force has been applied to allow the Defendant to steal then it becomes a robbery.
Dawson and James;Clouden
‘Force’ is an ordinary word without ordinary meaning.
B and R v the DPP
The victim does not have to be scared, it is sufficient that the defendant sought to put them in fear of force.
Hale;Lockley
As appropriation is a continuing act then it is for the jury to decide whether force has been used at the time of the theft.
