NoControl, No Appropriation
The defendant appealed her conviction for theft of 50,000 pounds which she was overpaid after she had submitted false claims for overtime.
Held: She had not appropriated the money as required by the Act. She had had no control over the making of payments or the account from which payments were made, and payments were made direct into her bank account. Appeal allowed.
Davis LJ, King, Cheema-Grubb JJ
[2018] EWCA Crim 1009, [2018] WLR(D) 285
Bailii, WLRD
Theft Act 1968 1(1) 3
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.624099