Serious Assaults Flashcards
Wounding with Intent to cause GBH
CA 61, s188(1)
- With intent to cause Grievous bodily harm
- To any person
- Wounds OR mains OR disfigured OR Causes GBH
- To any person
Wounding with intent to injure (reckless disregard)
CA 61
s188(2)
7 years
- With intent to injure any person
OR
With reckless disregard for the safety of others - Wounds OR maims OR disfigures OR causes GBH
- To any person
Injuring with intent (GBH)
CA 61
S 189(1)
10 years
- With intent to cause Grievous bodily harm
- To any person
- Injures
- Any person
Injuring with intent to injure (Reckless disregard)
CA 1961
S 189(2)
5 years
- With intent to injure any person
OR
With reckless disregard for the safety of others - Injures
- Any person
Aggravated Wounding
CA 61
S 191(1)(a) or (b) or (c)
14 years
- With intent to:
(a) commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence
OR
(b) Avoid detection of him/herself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence
OR
(c) avoid arrest or facilitate flight of him/herself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence - Wounds OR Maims OR Disfigures OR Causes GBH to any person
OR
Stupifies OR Renders unconscious any person
OR
By any violent means renders any person incapable of resistance
Serious Assault Case Law - s188(1)&(2) and 189(1)&(2)
Taisalika - intent Waters - wounds Smith - GBH McArthur - injury/bodily harm Donovan - bodily harm Rapana and Murray - disfigures Harney - recklessness
Aggravated Wounding Case Law - 191(1)(a)or(b)or(c)
Tihi - aggravated intention Strum - stupefies / intended crime Taisalika - necessary/aggravated intent Wati - proof of crime Waters - wounds Rapana and Murray - disfigures Smith - GBH Crossan - incapable of resistance
R v Tihi
to fold test for intent -
- Intent to facilitate commission of imprisonable offence or offences A-C
- Intended to cause specified harm or was reckless
Aggravated Injuring Case Law - 191(2)(a)or(b)or(c)
Tihi - aggravated intention Taisalika - necessary intent Strum - Wati - proof of crime McArthur and/or Donovan - bodily harm
Aggravated injuring
CA 61
s191(2)(a)or(b)or(c)
7 years
- With intent to:
(a) commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence
OR
(b) Avoid detection of him/herself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence
OR
(c) avoid arrest or facilitate flight of him/herself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence - Injures
- Any person
R v Donovan/R v McArthur - Bodily Harm
Any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health and comfort of the victim. Need not be permanent but more than transitory or trifling.
R v Wati - proof of crime
Imprisonable offence -
There must be proof of the commission or attempted commission of a crime either by the person committing the assault or by the person whose arrest or flight he/she intents to avoid or facilitate
R v Taisalika - necessary intent
The nature of the blow (act) and gash (injury/wound) which it produced points strongly to the presence of the necessary intent
Intent
In a criminal law context there are two specific types of intention in an offence:
- Must be an intention to commit the act, and
- Intention to get a specific result
R v Strum - Stupifies
Stupefy means to cause an effect on the mind or nervous system of a person, which rely seriously interferes with their mental or physical ability to act in any way which might hinder an intended crime