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- ↑ Walters, Max (12 October 2016). "Game of tomes: Blackstone's gets the judges' nod". The Law Society Gazette .
- ↑ Peter Hungerford-Welch. Criminal Litigation & Sentencing. Sixth Edition. Routledge. 2004. Page 753. Digitized copy from Google Books.
- ↑ "Theft Act Offences" Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ "User Guide" Archived 2013-03-25 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Jowett, Christian. "Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2002" (2002) 152 New Law Journal 752