Thursday 17 January 2008

Robbery and Burglary - the difference

On Monday 7th January, I put up a post that questioned the difference between robbery and burglary.
After work last Friday I walked into "the local" and a friend says "I've got something for you No.5". Surprised at this, I was given a folded piece of paper. Opening it revealed the answer to the question, they had read my blog and looked it up for me, thanks Alison.

So here it is.

Robbery - A person is guilty of robbery if he/she:
  • Steals and immediately before or;
  • At the time of doing so, and in order to do so, uses force on any person, or
  • Puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then there subjected to force.

Burglary - A person is guilty of burglary if they:

  • Enter any building or part of a building as a trespasser with the intention to steal, inflict grievous bodily harm, rape or cause unlawful damage, or having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser they steal, inflict or attempt to inflict grievous body harm.

So if you wondered, like me, now you know.

No.5

2 comments:

grumpyoldwoman said...

Can you now explain the difference between 'assault' and 'battery' please ;-)

I nearly came over to your 'window' on Wednesday to reveal my true identity - but then chickened out. Weren't you quiet for a Wednesday lunch time?

Cashier No.5 said...

Assault is when you hit someone, battery you put in a hen.

wednesday's are always quiet now people can't park within a mile of the town centre, since the closure of the car park.