CRIM2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: All England Law Reports, The Offence, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm
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Week 6 non-fatal offences against the person. Both the assault" and injury" type offences may, apply to the same factual scenario but they are slightly different in character and are constituted by different elements. Common assault (s. 313); assault occasioning bodily harm (s. 317); serious assault (s. 318); indecent assault (s. 323). Gbh with intent (s. 294); gbh simpliciter (s. 297); unlawful wounding (s. 301); unlawfully causing bodily harm (s. 304). Assault" is defined in the code and at common law and we look to both sources in defining assault for the purposes of the assault offence under the code. Code definition of assault assault is defined in the code in s. 222 as: A person who strikes, touches, or moves, or otherwise applies force of any kind to the person of another, either directly or indirectly, without his consent, or with his consent if the consent is obtained by fraud". By any bodily act or gesture (directly or indirectly)
