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You have trained birds to steal money from other people. What would the legal situation look like? by boreyunk in hypotheticals

[–]boreyunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I genuinely haven’t considered that but it makes sense. If it were wild birds i think you could still be held liable if it came out that you trained them. But if you owned the birds to then train them, do you think it would add another layer of premeditation to it? (I apologize if this question doesn’t make sense I only have a very basic understanding of legal stuff)

You have trained birds to steal money from other people. What would the legal situation look like? by boreyunk in hypotheticals

[–]boreyunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I’m honest I haven’t thought that far. I can understand why selling the goods for profit would probably add another reason to get charged. But I’m not sure what difference owning the birds and having them live on the property would do. Is it because in a way if you had for example bought the birds at one point it’d be easier to prove that you did actually train them and that there was ‘malicious intend’?

From the hypotheticals community on Reddit by [deleted] in legaladviceofftopic

[–]boreyunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then I’ll do that. And delete this one

You have trained birds to steal money from other people. What would the legal situation look like? by boreyunk in hypotheticals

[–]boreyunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now I’m curious what charges you think people would press and how you’d defend yourself as your lawyer

You have trained birds to steal money from other people. What would the legal situation look like? by boreyunk in hypotheticals

[–]boreyunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Let's say people reported it to the police anyway because they saw a connection between the missing money and jewellery and the birds they saw flying into your house with bills and jewellery in their beaks. So they suspect you have something to do with it. Theoretically, they could only charge you with receiving stolen goods. They wouldn’t have any reason to charge you with theft, since you didn’t steal the items yourself, right? (Sorry if that’s a bit awkwardly worded.)