Serious Assaults Flashcards
What are the ingredients for wounding with intent to Cause GBH?
- With intent to cause GBH
- To anyone
- wounds or maims or disfigures or GBH
- any person
\wounding with intent to cause GBH
What section of the crimes Act 1961?
Imprisonment is ?
Section 188 (1) 14 years imprisonment
Intent definition
mean to do it, they desire a specific result and act with the aim or purpose of achieving it.
intent case law R V Mohan
A decision to bring about, in so far as it lis within the accud’s power, the commission of the offence
intent case law R V WAAKA
A fleeting or passing thought is not sufficent their must be a firm intent or a firm purpose to effect an act.
intent to cause GBH case law R V TAISALIKA
The nature of the blow and the gash which it produced on the complainants head would point strongly to the presence of the necessary intent.
GBH
GBH can be defined as harm that is really serious.
intent GBH case law DPP V SMITH
Bodily harm needs no explanation and grievous means no more and no less than really serious.
TO ANY ONE
Gender neutral. proved by judicial notice or circumstantially.
WOUNDS case law R V WATERS
a breaking of the skin, would be commonly regarded as a characteristic of a wound. The breaking of the skin WOULD BE normally evidenced by a flow of blood and in its occurrence at the site of a bloW or impact,the wound will more often than not be external, but there are those cases where the bleeding which evidences the seperation of tissues may be internal.
or MAIMS definition
will involve mutilating, cripling or disabling part of the body so the victim is deprived permanently of the use of a limb or one of the senses. Needs to be some degree of permanence.
or Disfigures definition
to disfigure means to deform or deface, to mar or alter the figure or appearence of a person.
Disfigures case law R VRapana and Murray
The word disfigures covers not only permanent damage but also temporary damage.
GBH definition
GBH harm can be defined as simply as harm that is relly serious.
GBH case law DPP V SMITH
bodily harm needs no explanation and grevious means no more and no less than really serious.
ANY PERSON
gender neutral. proven by judicial notice or circumstantially.
What are the ingredients for wounding with intent to Injure?
-with intent to injure anyone
or
-with reckless disregard for the safety of others
-wounds or maims or disfigures or cause GBH
-to any person
Wounding with intent to injure
What Section
What act
term of imprisonment
Section 188 (2)
Crimes act 1961
7 years imprisonment
with intent to injure anyone
intent definition
mean to do it, they desire a specific result and act with the aim or purpose of achieving it.
Intent case law R V MOHAN
a decision to bring about in so far as it lies with the accussed’s power, the commission of the offence.
intent case law R V WAAKA
a fleeing or passing thougt is not sufficent, there must be a firm intent or a firm purpose to effect an act.
intent case law R V TALSALIKA
the nature of the blow and the gash which it produced on the complainants head would point strongly to the presence of the necessary intent.
INJURE DEFINITION
Injure section 2 crimes act 1961
means to cause actual bodily harm
Bodily harm case law R V DONAVAN
includes any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim it need not be permanent but must no doubt be more thanmerely transitory and trifling.
OR
WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS -definition
acting recklessly involves consciously and deliberately taking an unjustified risk.
RECKLESS case law R V HARNEY
Recklessness involves forsight of danerous consequences that could well happen together with an intention to continue the course of conduct regardless of the risk.
WOUNDS case law R V WATERS
a breaking of the skin, would be commonly regarded as a characteristic of a wound. The breaking of the skin WOULD BE normally evidenced by a flow of blood and in its occurrence at the site of a bloW or impact,the wound will more often than not be external, but there are those cases where the bleeding which evidences the seperation of tissues may be internal
or MAIMS definition
will involve mutilating, cripling or disabling part of the body so the victim is deprived permanently of the use of a limb or one of the senses. Needs to be some degree of permanence
or Disfigures definition
to disfigure means to deform or deface, to mar or alter the figure or appearence of a person.
Disfigures case law R VRapana and Murray
The word disfigures covers not only permanent damage but also temporary damage
or GBH definition
GBH harm can be defined as simply as harm that is relly serious.
GBH case law DPP V SMITH
bodily harm needs no explanation and grevious means no more and no less than really serious.