Offences

Question 1

What are the summary offences?

Answer 1

• Assault
• Battery
• Simple criminal damage (value of damage below £5000)
• Low value shoplifting (£200) = but right to elect still applies
• Attempts to commit summary only offences

Question 2

What are the either-way offences?

Answer 2

• Theft
• Burglary
• Fraud
• Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (s.47 OAPA)
• Wounding or inflicting GBH without intent (s.20 OAPA)
• Simple criminal damage where value is over £5000
• Simple arson
• Attempts to commit either way offences

Question 3

What are the indictable only offences?

Answer 3

• Cases involving complex fraud or where children are called as witnesses
• Robbery
• Wounding or causing GBH with intent (s.18 OAPA)
• Aggravated burglary
• Aggravated arson
• Aggravated criminal damage
• Murder
• Voluntary manslaughter
• Involuntary manslaughter
• Attempts to commit the above