105 Flashcards
J says H “leave now or you will get this fist in your face”
What is the offence
This is an assault as H was threatened by J by his words and gesture and placing of a condition of the threat
H and M arguing. M’s 15 year old son intervenes and H punches him in the chest. Is this “assaults child?”
False
On duty constable assaulted by 3rd party while effecting arrest.
S10, Summary Offences Act is the only act that specifically deals with assaults police?
False
Offenders intent maybe identified by
Weapons or degree of force used
Words a witness heard spoken by offender
Offenders admissions of intent to injure the victim
Extent harm inflected on victim
Previous similar behaviour exhibited by offender
True
True
True
True
False
“Get off my street or you’ll get this” and raises fist in punching movement.
Assault?
Yes - because there is reason to believe they can harm them
Match charge with injuries
Fractured skull
Gash to leg
Loss of index finger
Facial scaring
Loss of consciousness
GBH
wounds
Maim
Disfigures
Injury
Throw bin at someone but misses and hits someone else. A this indirect assault
False
During rugby game get trampled by opposing player
Is this an eg of implied consent
True
Play fighting - as result minor bruising to stomach - can be charged with common assault
False
The term “to injure” mean to cause
Actual bodily harm to a person
Smashed glass twice onto face, causing to shatter and leaves facial lacerations to cheek and lip, fractured eye socket. What charge
Wounding with intent
Plunging a knife into someone’s chest and lacerating lung.
Most appropriate description in relation to punctured lung?
A Wound
Throw a rock at someone because you dislike them. Rock misses and person and runs away in fear.
Should be charged with Attempted assault
False
Burn victim with cigarette 10 times but 12 months later before trial marks no longer visible.
What charge most appropriate
With intent to injure anyone, disfigures
Can be charged with aggravated assault if punch police officer if attempting to execute a warrant to arrest in relation to failing to appear in District Court
True
You and a friend Stealing GPS and mountain bike. Running down driveway confronted by owner. Punch him in face causing him to fall to ground. What most appropriate charge
Aggravated assault
Intend to assault someone with glass bottle but smash it on wall and fragments get passing pedestrian.
Can be charged with assault with intent to injure
True
Need to consider when charging assault
The surrounding circumstances and the nature of the offence
The intentions of offender
The offenders attempted to apply force to victim
Degree of harm inflected on victim
True
True
False
True
For charge under 191 or 192 of crimes act it must be shown that
Had no intention to cause the specified harm
Made no attempt to warn of impending harm
Foresaw that actions undertaken were likely to expose others risk
Meant to cause the harm
False
False
True
True
Argument with neighbour so drive into him at slow speed and clip leg
Can vehicle be classed as weapon
True
J intends to do GBH to S but only manages a shallow cut.
J CANNOT be charged with GBH
False
B tagged fence, confronted, then stab in chest. Most appropriate charge is aggravated wounding or injury
False
What falls within “intentional application”
A person tries to strike one person but misses and hits another
Person hits one person and force inadvertently applied to another
Accidental push of one person into another
A person reckless and consequently force applied to another
True
True
False
False
Can still charge with disfigures after burns from cigarette healed
True