ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses other offences contained in the Theft Act 1968, together with one offence from the Theft Act 1978. Some of these have theft as an essential element, such as robbery. There must be a completed theft for a robbery to have been committed. This means that all the elements of theft have to be present. The Court of Appeal thought that the jury could have come to the decision that there was force immediately before the theft when one of the defendants put his hand over the householder’s mouth. In addition, the Court of Appeal thought that the tying up of the householder could also be force for the purpose of robbery as it held that the theft was still ongoing. The main problems for the courts have come where a structure such as a portacabin has been used for storage or office work.
