SERIOUS ASSAULTS

Question 1

What is the term of imprisonment for a person who, with intent to cause GBH harm to any one, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes GBH.

Answer 1

14 years

Question 2

What is the term of imprisonment for a person who, with intent to injure anyone, or with reckless disregards to any one, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes GBH.

Answer 2

7 years

Question 3

What is RECKLESS disregard

Answer 3

The offender acts in a way that he foresees is likely to result in injury, but proceeds regardless of the risk and in doing so causes serious harm to the victim

Question 4

What is the definition of GBH

Answer 4

Really serious harm

DPP V SMITH

Question 5

What is the definition of a wound

Answer 5

A breaking of the skin and the flowing of blood either externally or internally

Question 6

What is the definition of maims

Answer 6

Depriving the victim of the use of a limb or one of the senses by mutilating crippling or disabling a part of the body

Question 7

What is the definition of disfigurement

Answer 7

To deform or deface, to mar alter the figure or appearance of a person

Question 8

The word disfigures covers not only permanent damage but also temporary damage

Case law

Answer 8

R V Rapana

Question 9

What is the doctrine of transferred malice

Answer 9

It is not necessary that the person suffering the harm was the intended victim.

Question 10

What is the definition of injure

Answer 10

To cause actual bodily harm

Question 11

Bodily harm includes any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim it need not be permanent but must be, no doubt, more than MERE transitory and trifling

Case law

Answer 11

R v Donovan

Question 12

What is the term of imprisonment for a person who, with intent to cause GBH harm to anyone, injures any person

Answer 12

10 years

Question 13

What is the term of imprisonment for a person who, with intent to injure any one, or with reckless disregard for the safety of others, injures any person

Answer 13

5 years

Question 14

What is the term of imprisonment for aggravated wounding

Answer 14

14 years

Question 15

What is the term of imprisonment for aggravated injury

Answer 15

7 years

Question 16

What makes the assault aggravated be it of a wounding or injuring nature

Answer 16

Intentionally wounds/injures any person to

• facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence
• to avoid the detection of himself or any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence
• to avoid the arrest or facilitate the flight of himself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence