PDF-Section s 272 - Self-Defence againdeath or grievous bodily harm occurs

I must now tell you the law concerning selfdefence If the prosecution cannot to your satisfaction beyond reasonable doubt exclude the possibility that the killing occurred in selfdefence as th. did grievous bodily harm to the complainant 2 that the doing of the grievous bodily harm was unlawful 1 Grievous bodily harm is defined to mean a the loss of a distinct part or organ of the body OR b serious disfigurement OR c any bodily injury of s The defendant assaulted the complainant Any person who strikes touches or moves or otherwise applies force of any kind to the person of another either directly or indirectly without that persons consent is said to assault that other person 2 The ass LANA SAMLAL AND BRITTNII WOODS. define: assault. In . general terms, personal violence offences . may be differentiated according to the degree of harm inflicted upon the victim. . and the . intention of the offender. Non Fatal Offences – s.20 OAPA 1861 Wounding and Grievous Bodily Harm. 1. Objectives. Describe . using authority the . actus reus . of s20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Describe . using authority the . General. S.47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment. Need an assault (assault or battery) plus actual bodily . harm. Actus Reus. Assault. Occasioning . Actual Bodily harm. General. S.20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Definition - “Unlawfully . and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm upon any other person, either with or without any weapon or instrument. Reus. What is . Actus. Reus. ? - . The act of the defendant . Some examples of crimes you will look at later in the unit – which part is AR and which part is MR?. Assault - D . intentionally or recklessly causes the victim to apprehend immediate and unlawful . General. S.20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Either way offence. Maximum sentence – 5 years’ imprisonment. Definition - “. Unlawfully and maliciously wound. or . inflict any grievous bodily harm. General. S.47 Offences Against the Person Act . 1861 – . Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment. Either way offence. Need an assault (assault or battery) . 2 types of Burglary. S. 9(1) Theft Act 1968 . – person is guilty of burglary if:. He . enters. any . building or part of a building . as a . trespasser. and with . intent to commit . an offence of . General. S.18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. “Unlawfully and maliciously by . any . means whatsoever wound or cause any grievous bodily harm to any person with intent to do some grievous bodily harm to any . General. S.18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. “. Unlawfully and maliciously. by any means whatsoever . wound or cause any grievous bodily harm . to any person . with intent . to . do some grievous bodily harm . I. dentify . – the appropriate offence/defence. D. efine. – the offence/defence. E. xplain. – the legal . rules using authorities (cases and statutes) to support your . answer. A. pply. – these rules to the facts of the . Lord Coke’s definition:. . the unlawful killing of a human being under the Queen’s Peace with malice aforethought.. Also requirement that death occur within a year and a day.. Definition. Human being.