Assault with Intent/Attempts to Commit Sexual Violation

Question 1

Attempts to Commit Sexual Violation

Section, Penalty, Elements

Answer 1

S129(1) CA61
10 Years

• Every one who
• attempts to commit sexual violation
• of the other person

Question 2

Attempts

Answer 2

S72(1) CA61

Every one who, having an intent to commit an offence, does or omits an act for the purpose of accomplishing his object, is guilty of an attempt to commit the offence intended, whether in the circumstances it was possible to commit the offence or not.

Question 3

R v Harpur

Attempt

Answer 3

An attempt includes “an act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in his commission of the crime”.

Question 4

R v Harpur

Conduct

Answer 4

“[The Court may] have regard to the conduct viewed cumulatively up to the point when the conduct in question stops …the defendant’s conduct [may] be considered in its entirety. Considering how much remains to be done … is always relevant, though not determinative.”

Question 5

Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Violation

Section, Penalty, Elements

Answer 5

S129(2) CA61
10 Years Imp

• Assaults another person
• With intent to commit sexual violation of the other person

Question 6

Assault

Answer 6

S2 CA61

Assault means the act of intentionally applying or attempting to apply force to the person of another, directly or indirectly, or threatening by any act or gesture to apply such force to the person of another, if the person making the threat has, or causes the other to believe on reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose.

Question 7

Intent

Answer 7

In a criminal law context there are two specific types of intention in an offence. Firstly there must be an intention to commit the act and secondly, an intention to get a specific result.

Question 8

Rape

Answer 8

S128(2) CA61

Person A rapes person B if Person A has sexual connection with person B, effected by the penetration of person B’s genitalia by Person A’s penis,-

(a) without person B’s consent to the connection and;
(b) without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consents to the connection.

Question 9

Unlawful Sexual Connection

Answer 9

S128(3) CA61

Person A has unlawful sexual connection with person B if person A has sexual connection with person B—

(a) without person B’s consent to the connection; and
(b) without believing on reasonable grounds that person B consents to the connection.

Question 10

Person

Answer 10

Gender neutral. Proven by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.