For posts about the crime of Breaking and Entering, or similar crimes. This is a crime where a person enters residence, a building or other enclosed property through force, even very slight force such as lifting a latch, so as to commit a crime within, often theft.
Questions tagged [breaking-and-entering]
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Is it legal for energy companies to break into a house?
There are a couple of stories in the news about energy firms breaking into houses because of unpaid erroneous bills. The common features of relevance are:
There was debate about the validity of energy bills at a premises
The errors are so obvious…
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Can you be charged with breaking and entering if the door was open, and the owner of the property is deceased?
Imagine you were walking with a friend and you needed to change clothes. You pass by an abandoned house with a small building in the front yard, and the building door was already open. You go in the building and your friend stands in the doorway…
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Who is liable for a resident mental care patient intruding someone's property?
Suppose someone lives next door to a mental health care home. One of the resident patients climbs out of the care home and breaks into the neighbour's house.
Who would be liable for the break-in?
The patient (even if severely disabled, eg, not…
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Legality if breaking in for medical reasons?
For anyone who has watched House you'll know there is a continuous theme of the doctors breaking into patients homes to look for toxins and possible environmental causes for their illness. Their policy for not asking permission is that everyone lies…
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Landlord/Tenant and Actus reus
I'd like to add something to my previous question
The first part of the scenario:
A person breaks a window, enters the house through the window, takes $1000 worth of computer equipment, and leaves through a door.
Now add:
The house was being rented…
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Breaking/entering/theft charges
What would be all possible charges that could be filed in this scenario:
A person breaks a window, enters the house through the window, takes $1000 worth of computer equipment, and leaves through a door.
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Breaking and entering vs trespassing
Scenario:
A person is caught on the roof of a building without having any prior authorization to be there.
When asked to leave by security/building personnel he complies.
Security reports to the police that they are confused on how he got on the…
