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Citation: Meech (1974) (Jurisdiction: Likely England and Wales, implied by case law context)
Facts:
Citation: Meech (1974) (Jurisdiction: Likely England and Wales, implied by case law context)
Facts:
- Defendant (D) was entrusted by Plaintiff (P) to cash a cheque and return the cash.
- D cashed the cheque.
- D orchestrated a staged robbery with accomplices to create the appearance that the money was stolen.
- At what point did the appropriation occur for the purposes of theft?
- The appropriation occurred when the fake robbery took place or was at least arranged by D.
- Prior to the orchestration of the robbery, D was acting within the scope of the authority granted by P.
- Although D harbored the intention to steal the money before the staged robbery, he was initially acting with the Plaintiff's permission. The act of appropriation, therefore, crystalized with the execution or planning of the deceitful robbery.
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