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Non-Fatal Offences - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Logdon V DPP D pointed gun at V before telling was fake V apprehended immediate violence and D had acted recklessly
      - Smith v Woking police term immediate used liberally where man staring at woman through window was held to be sufficient for assault
  - - - Intended cause fear or foresaw risk of fear as result of actions
- - - - Can be meerst touch as in Wilcock 1984 where police placed hand on shoulder of victim and was considered battery as didnt have consent
      - Thomas 1985 established touching botto womans skirt was same as touching her
  - - - Fagan v MPC established recklessness can amount to Battery police officer instructed D move car ran over officers foot in doing so and turned his engine off after being told to get off and his omission amounted to battery
- - - - R v Roberts D made advances of girl she jumped out of moving car injuring herself, held if wasnt for Ds actions she wouldnt have jumped and therefore ABH
      - R v Chan Fook Confirmed psychiatric injury = ABH must not be so trivial but not wholly significant and backed by expert evidence
      - T v DPP confirmed momentary injury such as loss of conciousness = ABH
      - DPP v Smith confirmed can be cutting of hair where substansial as in this case ponytail
  - - - R v Savage D threw beer over V glass went to cutting V claimed she only meant throw beer held ABH as harm meerly needed to be forseen
- - - - Confusion over term inflict
        
        R v Clarence D knowingly gave wife STD held not unlawful as she consented to sex
        
        R v Dica overruled clarance and was convicted of GBH after giving partner STD on grounds it was reckless and cuased serious harm to V health
      - R v Brown & Stratton confirmed broken noses and missing teeth amounts to GBH
      - R v Bollom established test for age and characteristics when determining extent of injuries
  - - - Acted Unlawfully 2. Wound or cause GBH
    - - Must be proved with direct intention 1. Must maliciously wound or cause GBH 2. must have specific intent to cause GBH or resist or prevent apprehension of any person
        
        Monhan 1976 Desire to bring about the prohibited consequence