Criminal- ABH Flashcards

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Assault

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Means assault or battery

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Actus Reus

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Assault occasioning ABH

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Occasioning

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Means causing

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ABH

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More than trivial less than serious harm (Chan Fook)
Can be physical, psychiatric, or clinical not fear, distress or panic (Chan Fook)
Can be committed indirectly like via a handdryer in DPP v K
Can be damage to the body
DPP v Smith
Hair damage was damage to the body

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Mens rea

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The mens tea for ABH is the mens rea for the assault or battery

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