Theft and Abstracting Electricity

JEAN rents a flat from FREDRICKS on the basis that all bills are included in the rent. When JEAN moves out of the premises she intentionally leaves all the lights on.What offence if any has JEAN committed? Theft Abstracting Electricity No offence DAVIES takes his friend's car to his place of work once his boss had gone home to give it a valet using the industrial vacuum cleaner.What offence if any has DAVIES committed? Abstracting Electricity No offence Theft HUGHES goes to meet his friend who has broken into a house to shelter from the rain. When HUGHES gets there he finds that the electric fire has been switched on to dry clothes. He sits with his friend by the fire until the rain stops.What offence if any has HUGHES committed? Theft Abstracting Electricity No offence CREED keeps a hedgehog as a tame family pet and keeps it in his conservatory. CREED provides food, water and medication for the animal. CARLTON visits and decides he would like the hedgehog as a pet so removes it without CREED's knowledge.In relation to Section 4 of the Theft Act 1968 only, is the hedgehog CREED's property? Yes, the hedgehog has become CREED's property, as he has tamed it. No, the hedgehog is a wild animal so it cannot become anyone's property. Yes, as the hedgehog is on CREED's land, it automatically becomes his property. No, the hedgehog has not been purchased or reared by CREED so cannot become his property. SIMPSON goes to her local off licence intending to steal a quantity of alcohol. In the spirits aisle she takes a bottle of whiskey and hides it under her coat. SIMPSON then goes to leave the store but at the last minute looses her nerve and pays for the whiskey.Does SIMPSON commit an offence of theft? Yes, the offence is complete when the whiskey is taken from the shelf. No, this would only constitute a preparatory act for an attempt theft. Yes, the offence is complete when the whiskey is hidden inside the coat. No, there would be no offence as the whiskey was lawfully paid for. A fishing contest is taking place on the river. One of the competitors, DAVID, is not having much success. He notices that another competitor, MARSDEN, has caught a large carp.When MARSDEN goes to lunch DAVID removes the carp from MARSDEN's net and places it in his own later presenting it to the judges in the competition. He wins a trophy for third prize.Do the actions of DAVID amount to an offence of theft? No because the carp is classed as a wild animal Yes because all wild animals constitute 'property' No because the carp has not been taken for a commercial purpose Yes because the carp was in a person's possession What section of the theft act is abstracting electricity? Section 11 Section 12 Section 13 Section 14 A person who dishonestly uses without due authority, ordishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted,any electricity from any source, shall commit an offence A person who dishonestly uses without due authority, ordishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted,any electricity from any source, shall commit an offence Theft and abstracting electricity word search There are 20 different words or topics that we have covered in todays lessons. ASSUMERIGHTS DISHONESTLY APPROPRIATE ELECTRICITY RIGHTINLAW BELONGING INTENTION GOODFAITH CAPTIVITY PROPERTY FOLIAGE DEPRIVE FLOWERS ANOTHER FUNGI TAMED FRUIT SALE Smith enters a scrap merchant’s yard and takes a load of lead pipe without permission and with the intention of returning later the same day to sell the pipe back to the unsuspecting dealer. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. Sandhu picks some mushrooms growing wild on land belonging to Farmer Giles. He does this without the consent of the farmer and with the intention of frying the mushrooms for his breakfast. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. Jones keeps a football belonging to his neighbours’ children that has been kicked into his garden by one of them. He believes that he has a right in law to keep the ball. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. Green takes a supermarket shopping trolley from the local supermarket to his home address. His intention is to use the trolley as a means of transporting some waste from his garden into the back of his car and then to the local authority rubbish tip. He has no intention of keeping the trolley. When he has finished with it, he intends to deposit it in the local canal. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. Harris hires a van to move some furniture into his new house. At the time of the hiring he fully intends to return the van within the agreed period. He subsequently receives an offer for the van from Daley, a local second-hand car dealer. Harris agrees to the sale and an unsuspecting Daley takes possession of the van. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. Begum finds a wallet in the street. When she looks in the wallet she discovers that it contains a driving licence and a £5 note. Begum keeps the wallet, telling nobody of her good fortune. Has a theft been committed? Please explain your answer. What type of offence is theft? Summary Either way Inditable only SMITH goes into a shop intending to steal a dress and she has brought a label with a barcode on it with her, much cheaper than the actual price of the dress she wants. She picks up the dress and replaces the label and starts to walk towards the till however she believes she is being followed by a store detective so she puts the dress down and walks off. Ten minutes later she returns and picks the dress up again this time going through the till and buying the dress at a much cheaper priceIn relation to theft which of the following is correct? SMITH commits theft when she picks up the dress initially SMITH commits theft when she changes the price tag SMITH commits theft when she picks up the dress for the second time SMITH does not commit theft DAVIES is shopping in a department store and absent mindedly puts a dress into her own bag. She pays for the other items and leaves the store without paying for the dress in her own bag. She gets in her car and drives home. At home she discovers the dress and wonders if it suits her. She tries it on and likes it so she decides to keep it.When does DAVIES appropriate the dress as defined by S. 3 of the Theft Act 1968 When she puts the item in her bag When she leaves without paying When she tries the dress on When she decides to keep the dress BROWN worked in a petrol station owned by KING. At the end of her shift one day she was told that her son had been in a car accident and was in hospital. BROWN did not have a car and when she finished work, she took £10 from the till to pay for a taxi to take her to the hospital as she had no cash on her. In fact she had plenty of money in her bank account, but she didn't want to waste time by going to a cash point. BROWN intended paying the money back the next day, thinking that KING would not mind. KING found that the till was short of money the next day and confronted BROWN. BROWN did mind that the money had been taken and contacted the police to report a theft.Would BROWN be able to claim a defence to the offence of theft in these circumstances? No, because KING did not consent to the money being taken, and therefore it was theft. No, as she could have got her own money had she taken reasonable steps to get it. Yes, if she believed that KING would have consented if he had known she was taking the money and the circumstances in which it was taken. Yes, if she believed that KING would have consented if he had known she was taking the money.