Sentence examples for offence of assault from inspiring English sources

The friend who delivered the push has committed the offence of "assault occasioning actual bodily harm" – in other words, he assaulted someone and that person was injured.

A new offence of assault during a period of disturbance was created, and the maximum sentence for rioting was increased to 10 years.

Creates a new offence of assault by penetration, the insertion of a body part or foreign object, such as a bottle, into the anus or vagina without consent.

The CPS said that regarding a possible offence of actual bodily harm, there was insufficient evidence that strikes with a police baton, which left only superficial injury, and the handcuffing of Lewis, were unreasonable or unlawful in the circumstances and could not "be considered as amounting to the offence of assault occasioning ABH as defined by law".

For example, under Mauritian laws, it is possible for a person to bring a civil law case (under the law of tort) for the criminal offence of assault, which is defined under Section 230 of the Criminal Code [19].

A distinction is drawn between the offence of assault and that of battery.

First Minister Carwyn Jones has said it is the view of Welsh ministers that it is possible for the assembly to amend the criminal law and "end the availability of the defence of reasonable punishment for those cases where it still applies to an offence of assaulting a child".

But for the bursting of the aneurysm, the deceased would have suffered relatively minor injuries and the offenders would have been guilty of an assault at the lower scale of seriousness for offences of assault".

Patrick Joseph Connors, 58, has been charged with two offences of kidnap and four offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

While on bail for this case, she also committed two offences of assaulting a police officer and is awaiting sentence for an assault on New Year's Day, the court heard.

In a statement Sussex police added: "[Dale] has admitted the offence of common assault and has received a police caution".