Questions tagged [theft-act]
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How to mention a possibility of litigation/prosecution without accidentally making a "demand with menaces", in English criminal law?
In English Law, extortion and blackmail are described under section 21 Theft Act 1968, as an "unwarranted demand with menaces", There's criteria and definitions, but they don't seem to matter much here. For this question the main definitions are…
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Witnessing a theft in France
When I witness a theft, for example, a pickpocket in a busy RER, am I bound by law to report the theft? Am I required/protected by law to defend the victim/intervene in the act?
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If i had seen somebody steall something from a store and then drove him somewhere is it a crime?
So this person insisted on me giving him a ride to a nearby CVS and I went ahead with taking him, as being a good samaritan (I thought), and we went in the store. I bought some drinks and while I'm at the self checkout the guy goes behind the…
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