Lord Lane CJ said: ‘the court should not be astute to find that a theft has taken place where it would be straining the language so to hold, or where the ordinary person would not regard the defendant’s acts, though possibly morally reprehensible, as theft.’
Judges:
Lord Lane CJ
Citations:
[1981] 1 WLR 578, [1981] 2 All ER 430, [1981] Crim LR 259, (1981) 72 Cr App R 359, (1981) 145 JP 313
Statutes:
Crime
Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.556205
