This occurs when a person enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to steal, inflict grievous bodily harm or do unlawful damage to the building or anything in it.
It can be committed when a person is permitted to enter a home or other premises but then goes to a room or area where they are not permitted to be and steals something.
There are three types of burglary
Domestic – This happens when an offender enters a building in which people live Including houses or any vehicle in which people live.
Non-domestic – In premises other than a dwelling, like shops or offices.
Aggravated – This is when the offender has with him any firearm or imitation firearm, any weapon of offence or any explosive.
Where a weapon is used to attack someone at the property in the course of the burglary the offender would also normally be charged with an assault offence, or alternatively, they could be charged with robbery.
