Indecent Assault

Question 1

What is the section and elements for indecent assault?

Answer 1

Section 135 CA 1961

Everyone who
Indecently assaults
Another person

Question 2

R v Leeson

Definition of indecent assault

Answer 2

The definition of indecent assault is an assault accompanied with circumstances of indecency.

Question 3

What are the 3 things the prosecution must prove for indecent assault?

Answer 3

The defendant intentionally assaulted the complainant
The circumstance accompanying the assault were indecent
The defendant intended the conduct that a reasonable person would find indecent

Question 4

R v Court

Indecency

Answer 4

Indecency means ‘conduct that right thinking people will consider an affront to the sexual modesty of the complainant’.

Question 5

What is the third thing required to prove an offence of indecent assault?

Answer 5

The defendant intended the conduct that a reasonable person would find indecent.