Theft, defined by section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 creates
two variant offences: First variant, a person is guilty of burglary if he
enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to steal,
inflict GBH or do unlawful damage to the building or anything in it. Second
variant, a person is guilty of burglary if, having entered a building or part
of a building as a trespasser, he steals or attempts to steal anything in the
building, or inflicts or attempts to inflict grievous bodily harm on any person
in the building. If section 9 of the said act lays the law down, rather uncharacteristically
of English law, so plainly and simply how is it that a so called “experienced” judge made such a
disregardful decision. Judge Bowers is, with his praise for the burglar inviting
the temptation of other burglars to run boisterously. Let us wait until this,
to use Judge Bowers words, courageous burglar
burgles his home and then revisit the situation.
