Scenario City

Blue Steel cinema sell hotdogs. The hotdogs have a shelf life once opened of 2 hours. After 2 hours, any unsold hotdogs are disposed of in the waste bin. Derek works in the cinema. Instead of throwing the hotdogs away, he eats them. 1. Does he commit an offence? 2. Does it make a difference with regards to Derek if Derek's friend Hansel cooks 5 hotdogs knowing with near certainty that they will not be sold and so Derek can eat them instead of throwing them away? 3. In 2, does Hansel commit any offence even if all he does it put the hotdogs on the cooker in those circumstances? I'm only interested in criminal offences, I'm sure they are breaching their contracts and …

So, the situation is... You are walking the dog with your partner on an open community field around 5-6pm so its a pretty quiet time, when a car pulls up in the car park. The car is driven by a male in his early 20's . You become suspicious of the car as it has been parked up now with its headlights on for around 5-10 minutes and the male is just sitting around seemingly waiting around for something / someone. You carry own walking around the field when you see another car pull up to the side of the male and funny enough - another male appears (around same age). You see the two males talking, then an item is exchanged from one to the other. You have enough time to go o…

Your friend has gone away on holiday telling you that you can use the whole house whilst they are away. You are in the house watching tv and get curious as to whether there is anything there you can steal. You go from room to room looking for things you can take. My question is..as the person has entered the house with consent can they commit burglary even when going into a different part of the building (eg another room) with the intent to steal. Basically is the person now a trespasser as implied consent would surely be revoked if the owner knew the circumstances...confused!!

This is a recent scenerio that on reflection i think i got wrong so i wanted others opinions. Ms A and Mr B are partners and Mr B owns a dog named Fido. Mr C has a dog named Rover. They decide to swop dogs. Ms A and Mr B split up. Weeks later fido dies leaving Mr C dogless. Rover is with Ms A still. Mr C goes round to Ms A and demands the Rover back. Ms A phones Mr B and Mr B says that Rover is his. Ms A is unsure about the whole things and agrees to give Mr C Rover after being abusive to Mrs A. Mr C takes Rover. I arrive and eventually work all of the above out. I concluded that this was a civil matter to determine who owned the Rover. Thinking about it, Mr C never sa…

So, the situation is... You are walking the dog with your partner on an open community field around 5-6pm so its a pretty quiet time, when a car pulls up in the car park. The car is driven by a male in his early 20's . You become suspicious of the car as it has been parked up now with its headlights on for around 5-10 minutes and the male is just sitting around seemingly waiting around for something / someone. You carry own walking around the field when you see another car pull up to the side of the male and funny enough - another male appears (around same age). You see the two males talking, then an item is exchanged from one to the other. You have enough time to go o…

I was sat in a park (a very nice park, in a very nice town, full of affluent people walking dogs / taking children out) on a Saturday afternoon and while sat on a bench with a friend, eating an ice cream, across the cricket field in front of us, walks a lone teenager (perhaps 15-17, maybe 18 or 19 at a push). His trousers are half way down his backside (as is now the norm for some young people) and he's got a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of (I think soft) drink in the other. Half way across the cricket field he discards the bottle (and proceeds to spit a huge gob-ful of spit onto the grass). The park has lots of bins - and I mean lots. He is walking to the taxpayer…

Love cooking and recently invested in a knife block with knives, also a sharpening steel. Now I am useless at using said steel, despite many attempts. My local butcher is prob' less than 100 metres from my house and I would consider the guys there to be 'friends'. They have offered to sharpen the knives for me. The question? If I was stopped what would you do? Am I guilty of possessing offensive weapons, or do I have a lawful / legitimate excuse for having a few rather large knives on my person? Thanks.

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You're out on the beat and you notice a man (or woman) asking everyone that passes if they can borrow "40 pence" (or "20 pence" or "a quid" - replace as appropriate). If nobody complains to you, are any offences being committed? If somebody approaches you to complain about the person's behaviour, does it make any difference? Keen to understand a bit more of the "anti-social" behaviour element to some of what goes on, and what the law has to say on things. No doubt many of you will have encountered this type of situation - so would welcome sotires and experiences. Thanks.

This picture is from the US as far as I can tell. If you saw it on the road in either E+W or Scotland what would you do? Further can you think of any offences? Section 5 maybe?

Just another scenario for you. You are on duty with the traffic unit. You decide to pull up on a bridge over a motorway to catch speeding motorists. You are using a laser speed gun in order to catch speeding motorists. You aim the laser at a car which you think it doing in excess of the speed limit, the speed comes back at 83mph. You and your colleague decide to pull them over. You set off immediately in pursuit of the car and pull the car over only to find it is a unmarked police car to which the officers were not on a call and are just on patrol. What would you do? Would you know it was a unmarked car before you even pull it over ? Oliver *Edited to change the speed

Hi Your issuing a ticket for a minor traffic offence NEFPN and half way through the driver drives off !! What extra offences are there ? thanks

You get onto a bus with a £10 note. You are therefore willing to pay. The bus driver has no change (they never do) He tells you to get off the bus and get some change knowing that you will miss the bus you inform him that you are willing to pay and it is his fault that he has no change. You then go and sit down on the bus without paying. Any offences?

I've included a photo of the type of road I mean. A 40 mph dual carriageway, taken from the bridge the said object was theoretically thrown from. You're off-duty at the time and a passenger in a car travelling down the road. You spot someone on the bridge who throws an object which appears to be directed at you, causing you to swerve your vehicle. You know where the foot bridge leads and take a drive down there. Spot someone who looks like the said person. Question him if he did it without showing warrant card at any time. At first he denies it but later admits it. He appears no older than 12 years old and says it was a fruit shoot bottle. He appears to be about to burst …

Hi Could someone please tell me what powers police have in this situation... An officer wants to search somebody under S1 PACE (assume legally) and the suspect runs off before the officer can give GOWISLEY. What powers do police have with regards to detention/arrest? Thanks