Recieving (OF03)

Question 1

Elements of ‘Receiving’

Answer 1

• Receives
• Any stolen property OR any property obtained by any other imprisonable offence
• Knowing that property to have been stolen or so obtained OR being reckless as to whether the property had been stolen or so obtained

Question 2

Define ‘Receives’

Answer 2

Has possession or control over anything unlawfully obtained or helps in its concealment or disposal

Question 3

Define ‘Any property obtained by any other imprisonable offence’

Answer 3

Anything whether tangible or intangible and is the property of another person with value and has been obtained by an imprisonable offence other than theft.

Question 4

Define ‘Knowing that property to have been stolen or so obtained’

Answer 4

Believing at the time of receiving that the property had been stolen or obtained by any other imprisonable offence.

Question 5

Define ‘Being reckless as to whether the property had been stolen or so obtained’

Answer 5

Receives the property despite the person consciously taking an unreasonable risk that the property might be stolen or obtained by any other imprisonable offence.

Question 6

Identify the essential element of guilty knowledge and how it can proved

Answer 6

It is an essential element for the offence of receiving and it is proven by direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.