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Maybe some of it is theft, but some of it is clearly not. From the article: > If magic pixies have nicked their waste cardboard then it means they don't have t
by wyattpeak 6y ago
Maybe some of it is theft, but some of it is clearly not. From the article:
> If magic pixies have nicked their waste cardboard then it means they don't have to pay a firm like mine to come and pick it up.
That's not theft in any moral sense, though I can't speak to British law. The owner wanted it gone. It wasn't owed to anyone else (or they wouldn't have to pay someone to take it away). A firm is upset they didn't get a contract, that's all.
- joshuaissac 6y agoIt could potentially be theft in a legal sense, under s.1(1) of the Theft Act 1968,[1] depending on whether the jury finds that the conduct of the "thieves" was dishonest from the perspective of a reasonable person.[2] Although I do not think a jury would make such a finding in most cases, nor would the owners support a prosecution of those who provide what is essentially a free service. 1. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/1 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/1 2. s.74 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2017/67.html https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2017/67.html