Regina v Nanayakkara: CACD 1987

US Treasury social security orders were stolen in the USA, and brought to London, where they were endorsed at a bank for payment in the USA.
Held: On those facts the ‘acceptance’ of the bills could only have taken place in the USA, and therefore there was no jurisdiction to try charges of execution of the bills, by such acceptance, under section 20(2).

Judges:

Lord Lane CJ

Citations:

[1987] 1 WLR 265, [1987] 1 All ER 650, (1987) 84 Cr App R 125

Statutes:

Theft Act 1968 20(2)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

DistinguishedRegina v Beck CACD 1984
Stolen travellers’ cheques were cashed in France and then presented through normal banking channels to a bank in England. The first and main ground of appeal was that no offence had been thereby committed within the jurisdiction of the Crown Court, . .

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Manning CACD 24-Jun-1998
The defendant appealed his conviction for obtaining property by deception where part of the offence had taken place abroad.
Held: Smith should be overturned. The last act or terminatory theory remains the binding common law of England and . .
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Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.196561