Non-fatal offences ( paper 1 part b) Flashcards
NFOs are…
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (OAPA 1861)
assualt is a…
non-touching offence
battery is a…
touching offence
s47 OAPA 1861 is…
actual bodily harm (ABH)
s20 OAPA 1861 is…
grievous bodily harm (GBH) without intention
s18 OAPA 1861 is…
grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intention
AR of assualt
causing V to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful physical force or violence
MR of assualt
intention or subjective recklessness as to causing V to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful physical force or violence
AR of battery
the application of unlawful force
MR of battery
intention or subjective recklessness as to applying unlawful force or violence
AR of s47 OAPA 1861
AR of either assualt or battery occasioning in actual bodily harm
MR of s47 OAPA 1861
MR of either assualt or battery
AR of s20 OAPA 1861
unlawfully wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm
MR of s20 OAPA 1861
to be reckless or to intend some harm
AR of s18 OAPA 1861
to cause unlawful wound or GBH
MR of s18 OAPA 1861
specific intention to cause GBH or specific intention to resist arrest
Constanza
words can amount to assualt
Ireland
silence can amount to assualt
Tuberville v Savage
words can negate an assualt
Smith
V fearing physical attack in the imminent future was enough