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Non Fatal Offence against the Person
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Non Fatal Offence against the Person There are several different legal issues that may have been committed. The legal issues are Non-fatal Offence Against The Person, Parts to a crime... In order to keep the word limit on 2000 words, I am going to limit my assignment to the major crime that was made by the defendants, Non-fatal offence against the person. 1. Offences Against The Person Act 1861 Section 47 provides: ' Whosoever shall be convicted on indictment of any assault occasioning actual bodily harm shall be... [liable to punishment]' 1.1 Actus reus It requires proof of three elements, an assault, causation and actual bodily harm. 1.1.a Assault Common law assault requires proof that the defendant has caused the victim to apprehend immediate physical violence. Furthermore it needs to be reiterated here that the assault upon which liability for s47 is based can be either 'narrow' or 'broad'. There is no need for any physical contact between defendant and...
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