Aggravated Robbery - (two or more persons)

Question 1

Section

Answer 1

Sec 235 (b) Crimes Act 1961

Question 2

Penalty

Answer 2

14 years imprisonment

Question 3

Ingredients

Answer 3

1) Being together with any other person
or
persons
2) Robs
3) Any Person

Question 4

Being Together With

Answer 4

There must be proof that, in committing the robbery, the defendant was part of a joint enterprise by two or more persons who were physically present at the robbery.

Question 5

R v Galey

Answer 5

Being together in the context of Sec 235 (b) involves two or more persons having a common intention to use combined force either in any event or as circumstances might require, directly in the perpetration of the crime.

Question 6

R v Joyce

Answer 6

Crown must establish that at least two persons were physically present at the time of the robbery was committed or the assault occurred.

Question 7

Robs

Answer 7

S234(1) CA61
Theft accompanied by violence or threats of violence to any person or property used to extort the property stolen or used to overcome resistance to the property being stolen.

Question 8

Any Person

Answer 8

Gender neutral proven by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.