X and Y are keen bird
watchers and are camping in the Kruger National Park. They live and store their
belongings in a tent. One afternoon while X and Y are on a game drive, Z
walks past the tent. Z unzips the tent a little, inserts his arm through the
opening and, in this way, gains control of X’s binoculars with the intention of
appropriating it permanently. Just as Z walks off with the binoculars he
is arrested by S, a security guard, who witnessed the entire ordeal.

Question

X and Y are keen bird
watchers and are camping in the Kruger National Park. They live and store their
belongings in a tent.  One afternoon while X and Y are on a game drive, Z
walks past the tent. Z unzips the tent a little, inserts his arm through the
opening and, in this way, gains control of X’s binoculars with the intention of
appropriating it permanently. Just as Z walks off with the binoculars he
is arrested by S, a security guard, who witnessed the entire ordeal.

Accepted Answer

Z commits housebreaking
with the intent to steal and theft.

Answer

Z commits theft but not
housebreaking with the intent to steal because he did not enter the premises.

Answer

Z commits housebreaking
with the intent to steal and attempted theft.

Answer

Z commits theft but not
housebreaking with the intent to steal because the tent does not qualify as a
structure for purposes of this crime.

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