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Non Fatal Offences Flashcards

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1
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Assault is defined in

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Common law

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Actus Reus of assault

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Causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force

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3 things to prove for assault

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  1. D has done something threatening
  2. V apprehended immediate unlawful force
  3. Force V apprehended was ‘immediate’
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Case showing gestures/actions can be an assault

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Read V Coker

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Case showing silence or verbal threats can be an assault

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R v Ireland

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Case showing written words can be an assault

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R v Constanza

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Case showing words can negate a threat

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Tuberville v Savage

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Case showing v can apprehend force even if it’s not possible

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DPP v London

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⭐️ Case showing force being ‘immediate’ means in the near future

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⭐️ Smith v CCoW

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Mens rea of assault

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Intention or recklessness to case V to apprehend immediate unlawful force

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Battery is defined in

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Common law

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Actus reus of battery

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Applying unlawful force on/to another person

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Case showing the slightest/lightest of touch of even clothing can be battery

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R v Thomas

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⭐️ Case showing force must be hostile which means unwanted and beyond jostlings of everyday life

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⭐️ Wilson v Pringle

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Case showing force can be applied via continuing act

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Fagan v MPC

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Case showing force can be applied indirectly eg. Via an object (chain reaction)

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DPP v K

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Case showing force can be applied via omission where D has a duty to act

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DPP v Santana Bermudez

18
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Mens rea for battery

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Intention or recklessness to apply unlawful force

19
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Assault occasioning actual bodily harm is defined in

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Section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861

20
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Actus reus of assault occasioning actual bodily harm

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Either an assault or battery which causes ABH to another person

21
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3 elements of actus reus to ABH

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  1. Actus reus of assault or battery
  2. V suffers injury which counts as ABH
  3. The assault/battery causes that injury
22
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⭐️ case showing ABH harm cannot be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant

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⭐️ r v Chan Fook

Psychiatric harm can be ABH

23
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Case that shows cutting hair can be ABH

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DPP v Smith

24
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Case showing short loss of consciousness can be ABH

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T v DPP

25
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Wounding is defined in s20 and s18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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Actus reus of wounding is to unlawfully wound another person

26
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⭐️ Case showing wound must break at least 2 layers of skin

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⭐️ JCC v Eisenhower

Internal wounding doesn’t count

27
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⭐️ S20 OAPA 1861 (Wounding & GBH)

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⭐️ Direct intention or recklessness as to cause some harm - R v Mowatt

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⭐️ S18 OAPA 1861 (wounding and GBH)

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⭐️ Direct or Oblique intention to cause really serious harm - r v Belfon

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GBH is defined in

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S20 or 18 of the OAPA 1861

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Actus reus of GBH

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To inflict/ cause grievous bodily harm on a person

31
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⭐️ case showing GBH means really serious harm but they don’t need to be life threatening

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⭐️ DPP v Smith

32
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Case showing GBH can be serious psychiatric harm

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R v Burstow

33
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Case showing GBH can be serious biological harm

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R v Dica

34
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Case showing an accumulation of minor injuries can be GBH

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R v Brown and Stratton

35
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Case showing age and health are factors that can be considered when deciding whether injuries are serious enough to be GBH

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R v Bollom

36
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Case showing GBH can be committed indirectly

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R v Martin

37
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Alternative mens rea S18 OAPA

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Causing GBH and/or wounding with intention to resist arrest and intention or recklessness to cause some harm

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⭐️ Savage (ABH mens rea)

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Does not need to intent or realise a risk of harm (mens rea for assault or battery)

39
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ABH injuries

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Broken finger, chipped teeth, unconscious short period, broken toe, broken nose, bruise, swollen cheek, PTSD, black eye, depression, anxiety, sprained ankle, black eye

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GBH injuries

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Fractured skull, punctured lung, internal bleeding, clinical depression, severe bruising, broken leg, broken arm, broken collar bone, brain damage, broken ribs, paralysed

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