NON FATAL OFFENCES
- Created by: Monika Kaminskaite
- Created on: 07-06-18 10:49
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ASSAULT: - common law offence (no contact or injury has to be made)
ACTUS REUS: ' causing V to apprehend immediate unlawful force'
- Read V Coker; gestures, R V Ireland; spoken words, R V Constanza; written words, Tuberville V Savage; words can negate an assault, Smith; immediate refers to in the near future
MENS REA: direct intention - Mohan OR recklessness - Cunningham as to causing V to apprehend immediate unlawful force
BATTERY: - common law offence ( some contact is to be made)
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