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Criminal Law - Assignment 2 Non-Fatal Offences Against the person Ray could be charged with wounding under the Offences against the Person Act 1861. The act deals with the majority of offences against the person which are non fatal. Battery is the intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to the body of a person without that persons consent. Battery can be committed using a weapon. There does not need to be an intention to injure, nor need it be aggressive or hostile but there must be some force. Serious acts of battery are dealt with by the Offences against the Person Act, 1861. Section 20 states that it is an offence for a person to unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm upon another. Two offences exist under s20; unlawful wounding of another and unlawful infliction of grievous bodily harm on a person. A wound is any injury...

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