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... II HMSO ss 1 & 63 * Theft Act 1968 Elizabeth II HMSO s9(1)a The question at hand is to discover the criminal liability of Alan, Titus, Celestine, Shay and Shola. Firstly Alan is part of a joint enterprise which is where two or more people are committed to carrying out a common offence1. Here the joint enterprise is to steal which constitutes an offence under section 5 of the Criminal Attempts Act 19812. This provides that 'if a person agrees with another that a course of conduct shall be pursued, which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions will involve the commission of any offence, then he is guilty of a conspiracy'3. It is the intention of Alan to steal which clearly constitutes a conspiracy which he would be liable for. Next we see that Alan may be liable for burglary. Section 9 of the Theft ...