The defendants had been acquitted on the direction of the judge at trial, and the AG now appealed on a point of law, namely: ‘Whether on (a) a charge under section 3 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 and (b) a charge under section 17(1)(b) of the Theft Act 1968, where the accused has used a false instrument or furnished false information with a view to obtaining money or other property it is necessary for the prosecution to prove that the accused had no legal entitlement to the money or other property in question’
Held: The appeal succeeded.
Citations:
[2003] 1 Cr App R 8, [2002] EWCA Crim 1768, [2002] 3 All ER 840, [2002] Crim LR 845, [2003] 1 WLR 395
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.175258