Saint Olave's Law Society Journal ; Issue 01 (Autumn 2013) | Page 8
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this
means
that
at
the
time
of
the
offence,
they
recognised
the
possibility
of
a
serious
outcome
but
continued
to
commit
the
offence
regardless.
More
often
than
not,
the
act
element
does
not
need
to
be
proven
by
the
prosecution,
as
it
is
self-?evident.
Proving
that
the
offence
was
committed
without
intent,
or
under
a
state
of
recklessness,
normally
forms
the
basis
of
the
defence
side’s
argument.
Using
the
example
of
a
theft
case,
under
the
Theft
Act
of
1968,
a
person
has
committed
theft
when
they
‘dishonestly
appropriate
property
belonging
to
another
with
the
intention
of
permanently
depriving
the
other
of
it.’
There
are
specific
conditions
pertaining
to
each
term
in
the
definition
of
theft,
with
‘dishonesty’
being
exempt
from
situations
in
which
the
defendant
believed
he
had
the
legal
right
to
deprive
the
prosecutor
of
something,
or
believed
he
would
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