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Section 1(1) Criminal Damage Act 1971 – A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another, intending to destroy or damage any such property, or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged, shall be guilty of an offence.

Theft is defined by section 1 Theft Act 1968 as dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

Section 9 Theft Act 1968 deals with burglary. Burglary consists of entering a building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to commit theft, grievous bodily harm or criminal damage; or having entered as a trespasser, stealing or inflicting/attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm.

The offence of dangerous driving under s.2 Road Traffic Act 1988 is committed when a person’s standard of driving falls far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver and it would be obvious to a competent and careful driver that driving in that way would be dangerous.

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Section 143 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 created an offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving by inserting s.1A RTA 1988. This amendment came into force on 3 December 2012.

The offence is committed when the manner of the defendant’s driving is dangerous and results in another person suffering a serious physical injury.

Under s.127 Communications Act 2003 may be committed in a number of different ways:

s.127(1) – an offender sends, or causes to be sent, via a public communications network a communication that is either grossly offensive, or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character;

s.127(2) – for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety to another, an offender:

(a)sends, or (b) causes to be sent, a communication that the offender knows to be false; or

(c) persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network

Offences of bribing another person

Under s.1 of Bribery Act 2010

(1) A person (“P”) is guilty of an offence if either of the following cases applies.

(2) Case 1 is where—

(a) P offers, promises or gives a financial or other advantage to another person, and

(b) P intends the advantage—

(i) to induce a person to perform improperly a relevant function or activity, or

(ii) to reward a person for the improper performance of such a function or activity.

(3) Case 2 is where—

(a) P offers, promises or gives a financial or other advantage to another person, and

(b) P knows or believes that the acceptance of the advantage would itself constitute the improper performance of a relevant function or activity.

(4) In case 1 it does not matter whether the person to whom the advantage is offered, promised or given is the same person as the person who is to perform, or has performed, the function or activity concerned.

(5) In cases 1 and 2 it does not matter whether the advantage is offered, promised or given by P directly or through a third party.

a. Under section 3 of the Public Order Act 1986, it must be proved that:

a. a person has used or threatened

b. unlawful violence towards another

c. and their conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness (had such a person been present at the scene) to fear for their own personal safety.

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (section 6(2))

It shall not be lawful for a person to cultivate any plant of the genusCannabis.