Short answers, pulled from the story.
Robbery is defined as taking property from another person with the intent to permanently deprive them of that property through force or fear. It occurs when an assault accompanies a larceny or theft.
The common law offence of robbery was abolished for all purposes not relating to offences committed before the 1st of January 1969 by section 32(1)(a) of the Theft Act 1968. Section 8(1) of the same act created robbery as a statutory offence.
England and Wales recorded 123.3 robberies per 100,000 population in 2023. Some nations showed rates as high as 1010.3 per 100,000 in 2023 while others had just 0.5 per 100,000 in 2006.
The maximum legal punishment is imprisonment for life under section 8(2) of the Theft Act 1968. It is subject to mandatory sentencing regime under the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Stanley Kubrick directed The Killing in 1956 which depicts a graphic robbery. Woody Allen created Take the Money and Run in 1969 depicting an unconventional view by an incompetent robber. José Giovanni directed Le Gitan in 1975 loosely based on Luciano Lutring's autobiography with Alain Delon playing Lutring.