Violence and Offences Against a Person

Question 1

Criminal Justice Act: Section 39
Common Assault

Answer 1

It is an offence for any person to unlawfully assault or beat any other person

Assault is any act which the defendant - intentionally or recklessly
- causes the victim to
- apprehend
- immediate and
- unlawful violence

Question 2

Criminal Justice Act: Section 39
Battery

Answer 2

Battery is any act by which the defendant
- intentionally or recklessly
- inflicts unlawful
- force upon a victim
- without legally accepted consent

Question 3

OAPA: Section 47
Actual Bodily Harm

Answer 3

A person commits this offence if they
- assault a person
- occasioning them actual bodily harm

Question 4

OAPA: Section 20
Grievous Bodily Harm

Answer 4

A person commits this offence if they
- Unlawfully and
- maliciously
- wound or inflict grievous bodily harm
- upon another person

Question 5

OAPA: Section 18
Wounding or Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent

Answer 5

A person is guilty of this offence if they
- unlawfully and
- maliciously
- wound or cause grievous bodily harm
- to another person
- with intent to cause GBH or
- with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detention of any person

Question 6

Police Act 1996: Section 89(1)
Assault a Constable in the Execution of their Duty

Answer 6

A person commits this offence if they
- assault a Constable or person helping a Constable
- in the course of their duty

Question 7

Police Act 1996: Section 89(2)
Obstruct a Constable in the Execution of their Duty

Answer 7

A person commits this offence if they
- resist or wilfully obstruct
- a Constable or person helping a Constable
- in the course of their duty

Question 8

OAPA: Section 39
Assault with intent to resit arrest

Answer 8

A person commits this offence if they
- assault another person
- with intent to resist arrest
- or to prevent the lawful apprehension or detention
- of themselves or another
- for any offence

Question 9

Emergency Worker Offences Act: Section 1
Assault on Emergency Workers

Answer 9

A person commits this offence if they
- assault an emergency worker
- acting in the exercise of their functions as such a worker

Question 10

Criminal Damage Act 1971: Section 1(1)
Destroying or Damaging Property Belonging to Another

Answer 10

A person commits this offence if
- without lawful excuse
- they destroy or damage property
- belonging to another
- intending to destroy/damage such property or
- being reckless as to whether it would be destroyed/damaged

Question 11

Criminal Damage Act 1971: Section 1(2)
Aggravated Criminal Damage

Answer 11

A person commits this offence if
- without lawful excuse
- destroys or damages property
- whether belonging to themselves or another
- intending to destroy/damage property
- or being reckless as to whether the property would be destroyed/damaged
- intentionally or recklessly endangers the life of another

Question 12

Criminal Damage Act 1971: Section 1(3)
Arson

Answer 12

Criminal damage using fire

Question 13

Criminal Damage Act 1971: Section 2
Threats

Answer 13

A person commits this offence if
- without lawful excuse they
- make a threat
- to another
- intending that they would fear it would be carried out
- criminal damage to their property or destroy/damage his own property with the likelihood of endangering life

Question 14

Criminal Damage Act 1971: Section 3
Going equipped

Answer 14

A person commits this offence if they
- have anything in the custody or control
- intending without lawful excuse
- to use it or permit another to use it
- to destroy/damage property of another or destroy/damage their own property with the likelihood of endangering life