CRIM 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm
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The actus reus elements of a criminal offence. 3 elements of the acts refs of a criminal offence. Conduct (a voluntary act or omission constituting the central feature of the crime) And the consequences of the voluntary conduct. The element of conduct is represented by the application of force to the person of the victim. The most critical of the material circumstances is that such force was applied without the consent of the victim. The consequences which must be proved is that the victim sustained actual bodily harm.