Indecent assault Flashcards
Act and section
S135 CA 1961
Penalty
7 years
Ingredients
Everyone
Indecently assaults
Another person
Indecent
Is an act that has sexual connotations and involve conduct directed at a person that is offensive to public moral views
R v Leeson
Assault accompanied with acts of indecency
R v Court
Actions that right minded people would find affront to the sexual modesty of the victim
Assault
S2 CA 1961
The act of applying or attempting to apply force to that of another either directly or indirectly or threatening by any act or gesture to apply such force to the person of another if the person making the threats had or causes the other to believe on reasonable grounds that he has the present ability to effect his purpose and to assault has a corresponding meaning