Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 125 Possessing property reasonably suspected of being stolen If any person⎯ (a) is or has been in possession of property capable of being stolen and the circumstances of his or her possession are such as to give rise, either at the time of his or her possession or at any time thereafter, to a reasonable suspicion that when he or she came into possession of the property it was stolen; and (b) is unable at any time to give a satisfactory explanation for his or her possession of the property; the person shall be guilty of possessing property reasonably suspected of being stolen, and liable to⎯ (i) a fine not exceeding level ten or not exceeding twice the value of the property which forms the subject of the charge, whichever is the greater; or (ii) imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years; or both. Division D: Robbery 126 Robbery (1) Any person who steals or does any act constituting the crime of unauthorised borrowing or use of property shall be guilty of robbery if he or she intentionally uses violence or the threat of immediate violence⎯ (a) immediately before or at the time he or she takes the property, in order to induce the person who has lawful control over the property to relinquish his or her control over it; or (b) immediately after he or she takes the property, in order to prevent the person who had lawful control over the property from recovering his or her control over it. (2) A person convicted of robbery shall be liable⎯ (a) to imprisonment for life or any shorter period, if the crime was committed in aggravating circumstances as provided in subsection (3); or (b) in any other case⎯ (i) to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or not exceeding twice the value of the property that forms the subject of the charge, whichever is the greater; or (ii) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding fifty years; or both: Provided that a court may suspend the whole or any part of a sentence of imprisonment imposed for robbery on condition that the convicted person restores any property stolen by him or her to the person deprived of it or compensates such person for its loss. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), robbery is committed in aggravating circumstances if the convicted person or an accomplice of the convicted person ⎯ (a) possessed a firearm or a dangerous weapon; or (b) inflicted or threatened to inflict serious bodily injury upon any person; or - 76 -