Aggravated Robbery - GBH

Question 1

Section and penalty

Answer 1

S235(a) CA61

14 years imprisonment

Question 2

Ingredients

Answer 2

1) Robs any Person
2) And at the time of or immediately before or immediately after the robbery
3) Causes GBH to Any Person

Question 3

Robbery

Answer 3

S234 CA61

Theft accompanied by violence or threats of violence to any person or property used to extort the property stolen or used to overcome resistance to the property being stolen.

Question 4

Any Person

Answer 4

Gender neutral proven by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.

Question 5

At The Time Of,

Answer 5

During the commission of the theft, at the time of the taking with the required intent causes injury.

Question 6

immediately before, immediately after

Answer 6

connection in time between robbery and the GBH, case by case when referring to immediately.

Question 7

To Any Person

Answer 7

Gender neutral, proven by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.

Doesn’t need to be the person being robbed.

Question 8

DPP v Smith

Answer 8

Bodily Harm needs no explanation and grievous means no more and no less than really serious.

Question 9

Grievous Bodily Harm

Answer 9

GBH can be defined as harm that is really serious.

Grievous refers to the degree of harm caused, not the nature of how it was caused.

Question 10

Agg Rob GBH liability

Answer 10

Robs any person
- Robbery liability
- Person meaning
An at the time or immediately before or immediately after
- Meaning of either 
Causes GBH to any person
- GBH meaning
- DPP v Smith
- Person meaning