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Old 15th May 2018, 09:37
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Squawk7700
 
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Originally Posted by kaz3g
Squawks, blackmail is demanding money with menace, and interfering with an aircraft is a criminal offence. My hypothetical question concerning the second limb is whether parking a motor vehicle in close proximity to the rear of an aircraft loaded with fuel and passengers and intending to impede its movement constitutes “interference”. I think it’s an interesting question, but what would I know?

false imprisonment,...hardly. Detinue perhaps?



It simply doesn't fit the general definition of blackmail but I was saying if you're going to throw that term around, you may as well call it false imprisonment.

Detinue?

The crime of wrongful detention of goods or personal possessions.
Where is the criminal element here?

what is private about federal land owned by the Australian government and leased to a private company?
For all intents and purposes, it is private property if you are on it without permission. Doesn't matter who owns it, it's about the lease holder.
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