Assault with Intent to Rob (a)

Question 1

Assault with Intent to Rob (a)

Answer 1

Section 236 (1) (a) Crimes Act 1961

Question 2

Penalty

Answer 2

14 years

Question 3

Elements

Answer 3

1. With intent to Rob any person
2. Causes GBH
3. to that person OR any other person

Question 4

Intent

Answer 4

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 5

Robbery

Answer 5

Theft accompanied by violence or threats of violence to any person or property used to extort the property stolen or to prevent or overcome resistance to its being stolen
Section 234 (1) Crimes Act 1961

Question 6

Person

Answer 6

Gender Neutral. Proven by judicial note or circumstantially.

Question 7

GBH

Answer 7

Grievous bodily harm - simply “harm that is really serious”

Question 8

DPP v Smith

Answer 8

“Bodily harm” needs no explanation and “grievous” means no more and no less than “really serious”