Offences Flashcards
1
Q
What are the summary offences?
A
- 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
2
Q
What are the either-way offences?
A
- 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
3
Q
What are the indictable only offences?
A
- 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