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