... is nothing in the speeches in Gomez to suggest that the House of Lords intended to deal only with consent obtained by some kind of fraud or deception, though a deception was practiced in the case itself. Yet, there were dicta in the subsequent Court of Appeal decision in Mazo 1997 interpreting Gomez as authority for the proposition that The victim's consent would not prevent an appropriation taking place if that consent is "induced by fraud, deception or false representation". Theft's Statutory Definition By s1(1) of the Theft Act 1968: "A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it; and 'thief' and 'steal' shall be construed accordingly." The actus reus of theft consists of 1. 1. in the appropriation of 2. 2. property 3. 3. belonging to another. Appropriation's Statutory Definition By s(3) of the ...

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