Identity Theft in UK Law
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Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police Force
... ... (likely to be associates of or acquainted with the person whose identity had been revealed) would not have any opportunity to see or obtain it ... is indeed properly arguable that: (1) The risk of theft of the documents from the police car is foreseeable, it being conceded ... ...
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Brown v Stott (Procurator Fiscal, Dunfermline)
... ... She was charged with theft and taken to the police station, but before leaving the store she pointed ... Evidence of this admission was treated as necessary to prove the identity of the driver. The sheriff ruled, in a reserved judgment, that no ... ...
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R v Preddy
... ... to obtain property by deception, contrary to section 15(1) of the Theft Act 1968. All three were sentenced to terms of imprisonment, but each had ... 's client account where it was "mixed" with other money and its identity lost. I suppose that, if the solicitor became bankrupt, the lending ... ...
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Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of the Hertfordshire Police
... ... Police arrested Brougham (under another name) on suspicion of theft from an optical firm called "Southern Counties". Brougham was released ... (B) with apparently credible evidence that a third party whose identity and whereabouts are known presents a specific and imminent threat to his ... ...
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Harris v DPP
... ... every case the same means of access was used; and in every case the theft occurred in a period during part of which the Appellant was on duty in ... , again, the other occurrences may sometimes assist to prove his identity, as, for instance, in Perkins v. Jeffery ( ubi supra ). But evidence of ... ...
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R v Abdroikov
... ... 3 The first appellant, Nurlon Abdroikof, faced counts of theft (to which he pleaded guilty) and attempted murder (to which he pleaded not ... , he pointed out, met if neither the judge nor counsel know of the identity of a police officer or the juror, as appears to be the present practice ... ...
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Chic Fashions (West Wales) Ltd v Jones
... ... also any other goods which are likely to furnish evidence of the identity of the stolen goods so as to show that they really are the goods ... Stolen goods can be swiftly carried far from the scene of the theft. Today, unlike the time of Entick v. Carrinaton (ubi sup), Price v ... ...
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Gomez
... ... ' House upon the proper construction of certain provisions of the Theft Act 1968 are capable of being reconciled with each other, and, if so, in ... The essence of the defendants' argument is the alleged identity, in all respects, and for every purpose, between the defendants and the ... ...
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Myers v DPP
... ... , together with another man, on several counts relating to the theft of motor cars. His scheme was to buy for small sums, but, curiously, not ... ...
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R (C) v Chief Constable of 'A' Police and another
... ... for his details having been found on the Landslide system is “identity theft”– that is, that a stranger had obtained them dishonestly and had ... ...
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