The defendants appealed by case stated their convictions by the youth court for robbery, saying that the victim had not said they had felt threatened or put in fear.
Held: Whether an act constituted robbery was decided according to the intention of the perpetrator and not the fortitude or otherwise of the victim.
Smith LJ, Gross J
Times 27-Mar-2007
Theft Act 1968 8
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 07 December 2021; Ref: scu.251564