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Aug 6, 2021 · Grievous bodily harm (GBH) is when someone intentionally or recklessly inflicts serious bodily harm on someone else. Common examples include: Causing a visual disfigurement. For example, a broken leg, fractured skull, and even a psychiatric injury that’s presented itself visibly. Stricking someone with a blunt object. For example, a baseball bat.
Grievous bodily harm (GBH) and Wounding are the most serious of the non-fatal offences against the person, charged under s.18 and s.20 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861. It is the absolute maximum harm inflicted upon a person without it proving fatal.
This offence may be used where the injuries amount to grievous bodily harm or injury but where the intention to resist or prevent a lawful apprehension is clearer than the intent to cause a wound...
Jun 11, 2024 · It is an offence under section 20, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment, to inflict grievous bodily harm upon anyone with the intention to cause any amount of harm (however slight) or while reckless to the risk of causing any amount of harm.
Grievous bodily harm or wounding: the maximum sentence is five years’ custody. if the assault is racially or religiously aggravated, the maximum sentence is seven years’ custody.
Feb 18, 2019 · What is ‘grievous bodily harm’? Grievous bodily harm (GBH) covers the most serious types of injury, and has been defined by the common law as ‘really serious harm’; DPP v Smith [1961] AC ...
An overview of the law relating to wounding and grievous bodily harm under s.18 and s.20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Provides a consideration of each of the elements making up the actus reus and mens rea of the offences.
