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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Assault | An act where D intentionally or recklessly causes the V to apprehend the immediate infliction of an unlawful force - Venna |
| State the maximum sentence for assault and battery and where this is stated | 6months imprisonment or up to 5000 fine - set out in s.39 criminal justice act 1988 |
| What is the men’s rea for assault | Intention or recklessness (Cunningham) to cause the V to apprehend the immediate infliction of an unlawful force - Savage |
| Define battery | The application of unlawful force on another |
| Define ABH | It is an offence to commit an assault occasioning in actual bodily harm - S.47 OAPA 1861 |
| What is the mens rea for ABH | Intention or recklessness to apply unlawful force to another |
| Maximum sentence for ABH | Triable either offence either summary or indictable max sentence - 5yrs - S.20 OAPA |
| Define GBH | It is an offence to inflict unlawful GBH or wounding (either) |
| Define wounding in GBH | A break in the continuity of the skin - Eisenhower |
| What is the men’s rea for GBH | Parmenter- intention or subjective recklessness to cause some harm |
| What is the maximum sentence for GBH | 5yrs (triable either way) section 20 OAPA 1861 |
| Define GBH with intent | It is an offence tocause unlawful GBH or wounding with intent |
| What is the men’s Rea for GBH with Intent | Belfon - specific intent is required : - repeated or planned attack - use of weapon - making prior threats |
| What is the maximum sentence for GBH with intent | Indictable offence - discretionary life sentence s18 OAPA 1861 |
| Define Murder | The unlawful killing of a reasonable person in being and under the Kings peace with malice aforethought, express or implied |
| What does a reasonable person in being mean | Alive or independant (Malcherek) |
| What does under the kings peace mean | Not during war time |
| What is the men’s Rea for murder | Express- intention to kill Implied- intention to cause GBH |