Director of Public Prosecutions v Lavender: QBD 2 Jun 1993

A council tenant treating the council’s doors as his own, and regardless of the council’s rights, steals. Moving fixtures between a Landlord’s properties was still theft. It amounted to using the fixtures ‘as his own’.

Citations:

Independent 04-Jun-1993, Times 02-Jun-1993

Statutes:

Theft Act 1968 6(1)

Crime

Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.80027