From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 28/08/2025 12:08 PM, Norman Wells wrote: 
 > On 28/08/2025 09:32, Nick Finnigan wrote: 
 >> On 25/08/2025 15:47, Norman Wells wrote: 
 >>> On 25/08/2025 14:10, Roger Hayter wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>> But if it hasn't been abandoned and is not on your property, for 
 >>>> instance 
 >>>> having been deliberately displayed on a lamp post, you have no right 
 >>>> at all to 
 >>>> steal it because it has *not* been abandoned just because it has been 
 >>>> displayed in public. 
 >>> 
 >>> You really do need to read Section 2 of the Theft Act before you 
 >>> comment again, not just say what you think is fact without doing the 
 >>> necessary research. 
 >> 
 >>   Just reading Section 2 would not be enough, I'd also suggest 
 >> https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/theft-act-offences 
 >> and the cases relevant to "was the defendant€€€s conduct dishonest by 
 >> the standards of ordinary decent people?" 
 > 
 > Cases have to be decided within the law, and if that says, as it does, 
 > it is not dishonest if the owner of the property cannot be discovered by 
 > taking reasonable steps, then that is that. 
  
 "...if..." 
  
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