22 Feb possession of the thing stolen in the theft

The mere possession of stolen goods can be considered capable of proving that the holder is the author of the subtraction provided it helps other elements including the temporal, acts to exclude the origin of the possession from another source: to the effect, possession of the stolen goods very shortly after the commission of the theft, in the absence of alternative explanations or justifications on the part of the possessor as to the cause of that possession, it may well constitute proof of the person's responsibility for the crime (Cass. 135/2020).