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In the UK, there is no crime "burglary". "Breaking and entering" it's a criminal offence, and walking through an unlocked front door back door doesn't count. I
by quietbritishjim 9mo ago
In the UK, there is no crime "burglary".
"Breaking and entering" it's a criminal offence, and walking through an unlocked front door back door doesn't count. If you are on someone's land but didn't have to break in then that's trespass, which is just a civil offense.
Theft is a crime in any case (indeed even if you're not on their land e.g. snatching a phone off the street).
- wulfstan 9mo agoThat is false. Burglary is a crime in the UK. See https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 and https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/theft-act-offences https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/theft-act-offenc...
- bryanrasmussen 9mo agoOK, I probably should specify closer, but while the other commenter has noted there is "burglary" in the UK, I was using burglary in the vernacular, meaning you entered someone's house without their knowledge and stole some shit. I was perhaps unclear with this and in fact in some places what entering someone's house that is not locked and stealing some shit may be a different crime than when it is locked both variations are still generally described, in common usage, as a burglary and are both illegal according to every legal code of every place I've lived, which I've lived in a lot of Western Civ type places.
- 9JollyOtter 9mo agoThe comment you are replying to has no idea what they are talking about. Burglary is defined in the Theft Act 1968: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 The door can be wide open. The important parts are you are trespassing with the intent to commit a crime.
- reactordev 9mo agoLiterally invented the term ”cat burglar” lol! Commenter above is British too so it’s hilarious he thinks burglary isn’t a thing.
- 9JollyOtter 9mo agoI am English. It took me all of like 30 seconds to look up the relevant law using Google. Most of Anglosphere has a definition of Burglary that is essentially the same and I suspect it is the same in Europe.
- reactordev 9mo agoYeah I was referring to higher up the stack. You’re spot on for citing the U.K. law.
- 9JollyOtter 9mo ago> In the UK, there is no crime "burglary". Yes there is: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary/definitions https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary/... > "Breaking and entering" it's a criminal offence, and walking through an unlocked front door back door doesn't count. No breaking and entering is known as burglary. Also if you walk through the front door with the intent to commit a crime it is still burglary. The important part is trespassing with the intent to commit a crime.
- quietbritishjim 9mo agoWell, I was wrong, sorry for claiming assertively when clearly I didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks for the correction.