Non-fatal, non-sexual ofennes against the person
The vast majority of ofennes are listed either under the Criminal Justne nt 1988, or the Ofennes gainst the Person nt 1861 (the main one)
Act and Section Offence Definition (AR MR) Maximum sentence
section
Criminal S39 ssault ‘Where D intentonally or renklessly, nauses V to apprehend Level 5 fne, 6 months
Justne (For sentenning, no immediate and unlawful personal violenne’ (Used in Fagan) imprisonment (s39 CJ 88)
nt 1988 statutory defniton) Battery ‘The infinton of unlawful personal violenne byy D upon V whinh D,
either intentonally or renklessly’.
Ofennes S47 ntual D nommits an assault or byattery on V, whinh nauses (‘onnasions’) 5 years imprisonment
gainst Bodily antual byodily harm. D was intentonal or renkless to the assault or
the Harm byattery on V.
Person S18 Grievous D unlawfully and maliniously byy any means whatsoever wounds or Life imprisonment
nt 1861 Bodily nauses any grievous byodily harm to V with intent to do some
Harm grievous byodily harm to any person (or resist detenton)
S20 Grievous D unlawfully or maliniously wounds or infints GBH on V, D was 5 years imprisonment
Bodily intentonal or renkless that V might sufer SOME kind of byodily
Harm harm.
w/renk
lternatve nharges
Case Point of law
N/ Battery is an alternatve to s47
Wilson S47 is an alternatve to S20
Mandair S20 is an alternatve to S18
The vast majority of ofennes are listed either under the Criminal Justne nt 1988, or the Ofennes gainst the Person nt 1861 (the main one)
Act and Section Offence Definition (AR MR) Maximum sentence
section
Criminal S39 ssault ‘Where D intentonally or renklessly, nauses V to apprehend Level 5 fne, 6 months
Justne (For sentenning, no immediate and unlawful personal violenne’ (Used in Fagan) imprisonment (s39 CJ 88)
nt 1988 statutory defniton) Battery ‘The infinton of unlawful personal violenne byy D upon V whinh D,
either intentonally or renklessly’.
Ofennes S47 ntual D nommits an assault or byattery on V, whinh nauses (‘onnasions’) 5 years imprisonment
gainst Bodily antual byodily harm. D was intentonal or renkless to the assault or
the Harm byattery on V.
Person S18 Grievous D unlawfully and maliniously byy any means whatsoever wounds or Life imprisonment
nt 1861 Bodily nauses any grievous byodily harm to V with intent to do some
Harm grievous byodily harm to any person (or resist detenton)
S20 Grievous D unlawfully or maliniously wounds or infints GBH on V, D was 5 years imprisonment
Bodily intentonal or renkless that V might sufer SOME kind of byodily
Harm harm.
w/renk
lternatve nharges
Case Point of law
N/ Battery is an alternatve to s47
Wilson S47 is an alternatve to S20
Mandair S20 is an alternatve to S18
