ABH (actual Bodily Harm)

Question 1

R v Robert’s

Answer 1

Gave a girl lift in his car, made sexual advances, touches girls clothes, she jumped out the moving car.
D guilty even if did not intend to cause injury only need men’s rea for battery

Question 2

R v Chan-fook

Answer 2

D aggressively questioned man then locked him in a wardrobe, tried to escape out the window and got injured when fell
ABH can be clinical psychiatric illness

Question 3

R v Ireland

Answer 3

Unwanted telephone calls
Psychological harm can amount to ABH

Question 4

DPP v Smith

Answer 4

Cutting hair, hurt or damage can amount to ABH

Question 5

R v Savage

Answer 5

D threw drink over her husbands girlfriend, accidentally letting go of the glass which broke and cut girlfriend wrist
Can recklessly cause ABH

Question 6

What Section, Act and year is ABH charged under?

Answer 6

S.47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

Question 7

What is the definition of ABH?

Answer 7

Any assault occasioning actual bodily harm