"Bob Robertson" wrote in message
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>I saw on one of these police programs a guy was caught on CCTV late at
> night taking an unlocked bicycle and riding it around. When the police
> caught up with him he was a youngish lad probably in college who seemed a
> bit upset that his late night drunken antics was going to leave him with
> his first criminal record.
>
> I was wondering, could he just have argued that he was going to put it
> back where he found it once he finished riding it, hence not 'permanently
> depriving' the owner? He was probably going to keep it as a trophy but how
> would the police know?
Apply your theory to a car/any household goods/etc.
It was theft
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