1.   Property was stolen from a residence entered by forcing a rear door.

2.   During the riots hundreds of people seized the opportunity to steal property.

3.   One of the returnees, Nguyen Van Khang, was detained on arrival in Hanoi for allegedly stealing state property.

4.   A person can therefore steal property by destroying it.

5.   When the accused appropriates, he will have stolen the property from the person who retained the interest in the property.

6.   He failed to do this and a thief entered the house and stole property belonging to the plaintiff.

7.   On Friday and yesterday police received eight reports of youngsters stealing property from pensioners.

8.   Because she did not force entry and police found she did not intend to steal his property, they declined to seek burglary charges.