What does handling stolen goods mean?
- Handling stolen goods is an offence under s88 of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic).
- The offence has four elements (parts):
- the accused handled goods;
- the goods were stolen goods at the time that the accused handled them;
- the accused knew or believed at the time that they handled the goods that they were stolen goods; and
- the accused’s handling of the goods was dishonest.
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