Burglary s.9(1)(b) involves which action?

Burglary s.9(1)(b) involves which action?

• A. Having entered any building or part of it as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it, or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm.
• B. Entering a building with the owner's consent
• C. Damaging a window without entering
• D. Being outside the building

Answer: (A)

Burglary under section 9 involves someone entering a building as a trespasser and then carrying out or intending to carry out an offence inside. The most common form—captured in the described option—is entering as a trespasser and stealing or attempting to steal something in the building, or inflicting or attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm on someone inside. That pattern is the classic burglary scenario: the trespass entry paired with either theft or GBH inside the building (the first branch of the statute). The other branch of the law covers entering as a trespasser with the intent to commit any offence inside the building other than theft or GBH, which would be described differently in a test item. The other choices don’t fit burglary: entering with the owner’s consent isn’t trespass, damaging a window without entering isn’t burglary, and being outside the building isn’t the act of burglary itself. So the option shown reflects the typical burglary scenario of trespass entry plus theft or GBH inside.

Burglary under section 9 involves someone entering a building as a trespasser and then carrying out or intending to carry out an offence inside. The most common form—captured in the described option—is entering as a trespasser and stealing or attempting to steal something in the building, or inflicting or attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm on someone inside. That pattern is the classic burglary scenario: the trespass entry paired with either theft or GBH inside the building (the first branch of the statute).

The other branch of the law covers entering as a trespasser with the intent to commit any offence inside the building other than theft or GBH, which would be described differently in a test item. The other choices don’t fit burglary: entering with the owner’s consent isn’t trespass, damaging a window without entering isn’t burglary, and being outside the building isn’t the act of burglary itself.

So the option shown reflects the typical burglary scenario of trespass entry plus theft or GBH inside.