Appeal from conviction and sentence – theft from children’s charity – failure to pay in funds collected.
Held: ‘At common law and by statute when a person who collects money for a charity is subject to an obligation to account for money by reason of the donor’s intention to give money to the charity, that imposes a trust, and to misappropriate that money is to take property which belongs to the beneficiaries of that trust, ie the charity. Incorrect offence charged.
[2001] EWCA Crim 2184
Bailii
Theft Act 1968 (3)
England and Wales
Updated: 20 September 2021; Ref: scu.167033