The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1994] QB 69
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
ATAKPU
REGINA
v.
ABRAHAMS
1993 Jan. 25;
March 15
March 15
Stuart-Smith L.J., Ward and May JJ.
Crime
— Theft
— Dishonest appropriation
— Conspiracy to steal
— Defendants hiring vehicles abroad intending to sell them on return to United Kingdom
— Defendants arrested in United Kingdom shortly before expiration of hire period
— Whether appropriation taking place outside jurisdiction
— Whether subsequent dealing with vehicles inside jurisdiction capable of amounting to fresh appropriation
—
Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), s. 3(1)