Liability 236(1)(a)

Question 1

Assault with Intent to Rob

Section and Penalty

Answer 1

Section 236(1)(a) Crimes Act 1961

14 Years Imprisonment

Question 2

Assault with Intent to Rob

Ingredients

Answer 2

.1 With intent to rob any person

.2 Causes GBH

.3 To that person
OR
Any other person

Question 3

.1 With intent to rob any person

Answer 3

Intent:
In the criminal law context there are two specific types pf intention in an offence. Firstly there must be an intention to commit the act and secondly, an intention to get a specific result.

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Robbery:
- Theft
- Accompanied by violence or threats of violence,
- To any person or property,
- Used to extort the property stolen or to prevent or overcome resistance to it being stolen.
Sec. 234(1), Crimes Act 1961

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Person:
Gender neutral. Proved by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.

Question 4

.2 Causes GBH

Answer 4

Grievous bodily harm can be defined simply as “harm that is really serious”.

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“Bodily harm needs no explanation and “grievous” means no more and no less than “really serious”.
DPP v SMITH

Question 5

.3 To that person

OR

Any other person

Answer 5

Gender neutral. Proved by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.