Editing Robbery (section)

===== Threat =====
The victim must be placed in apprehension or fear that force would be used immediately before or at the time of the taking of the property. A threat is not immediate if the wrongdoer threatens to use force of violence some future time.

Robbery occurs if an aggressor forcibly snatched a [[mobile phone]] or if they used a knife to make an implied threat of violence to the holder and then took the phone. The person being threatened does not need to be the owner of the property. It is not necessary that the victim was actually frightened, but the defendant must have put or sought to put the victim or some other person in fear of immediate force.<ref>''R v Khan'' LTL (9 April 2001) and Archbold 2006 21-101.</ref>

The force or threat may be directed against a third party, for example a customer in a jeweller's shop.<ref>''Smith v Desmond'' [1965] HL</ref> Theft accompanied by a threat to damage property does not constitute robbery, but it may disclose an offence of [[blackmail]].

Dishonestly dealing with property stolen during a robbery constitutes an offence of [[Handling stolen goods|handling]].