Non-fatal offences Flashcards
Actus reus for assault
causing V to apprehend immediate unlawful violence
Assault - 3 ways that violence can be anticipated
Actions (Logdon)
Silence (Ireland)
Words (Constanza)
Assault AR - immediate
Does not have to be straight away, V doesn’t need to know how or when (Smith v Chief Police)
Assault AR - unlawful violence
without consent
Mens rea for assault
intentionally or recklessly causing V to anticipate immediate unlawful violence
Actus reus for battery
Unlawful application of force to another person
Battery AR - application of force
Can be the slightest touch
- direct (Wood)
- indirect (DPP v K)
- omission (DPP v Santa)
Battery AR - another person
Includes clothing (Thomas)
Mens rea for battery
Intentionally or recklessy applying unlawful force to another person
Cases for intention and recklessness
Intention - Mohan
Recklessness - Cunningham
Actus reus for S.47
Assault or battery causing ABH
Causation, key points, cases
Factual, but for, Paggett
Legal, more than min, Kimsey
Intervening acts, break chain, Jordan
Thin skull rule, take V as they are, Blaue
Actual bodily harm
any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the comfort of the victim
3 key points and cases for ABH
Must be more than trivial (Miller)
Can be physical or psychological (Chan Fook)
Age can be considered (Bollom)
Mens rea for S.47
Intentionally or recklessy causing the initial assault or battery
Actus reus for S.20/18
Unlawfully causing a wound or grievous bodily harm
S.20/18 AR - unlawfully
Without consent, cannot consent to GBH or death (Brown)
S.20/18 AR - wound
A cut or break in the whole skin (JJC v Einsenhower)