Classificiation of offences

Question 1

What are the summary only offences?

Answer 1

-assault
-battery
-low-value shoplifting where value of goods is less than £200 - however, D can still elect CC trial
-low-value criminal damage where value less than £5000 (and not caused by fire)

Triable in MC only

Question 2

What are the either-way offences?

Answer 2

-assault occasioning ABH - s47
-malicious wounding/inflicting GBH -s20
-theft
-burglary
-fraud
-simple criminal damage - arson/property is a memorial

Question 3

What are the indictable only offences?

Answer 3

-aggravated criminal damage/aggravated arson
-aggravated burglary
-robbery
-malicious wounding/causing GBH - s18
-murder and manslaughter

Crown Court only