>sigh< Yes it is. GBH is the next most serious assault below murder or attempted murder. It covers more serious injuries like a skull fracture. A nose fracture, even if it's the bone rather than cartilage, is treated as ABH, as is a simple fracture of a finger. If you still disagree I can give you a link to the govt guidelines for assaults.
Yes, punching someone could be considered GBH, depending on the type of injuries a victim sustains. A GBH injury example that can be caused by punching someone would include facial disfigurement.
What counts as facial disfigurement? Facial disfigurement refers to any distortion, malformation or abnormality of facial features due to an injury. Examples of facial disfigurement that can be caused by GBH include:
Breaking someone’s nose Knocking someone’s teeth out Breaking someone’s jaw Damaging someone’s eye/eyesight"
Yes, punching someone could be considered GBH, depending on the type of injuries a victim sustains. A GBH injury example that can be caused by punching someone would include facial disfigurement.
What counts as facial disfigurement? Facial disfigurement refers to any distortion, malformation or abnormality of facial features due to an injury. Examples of facial disfigurement that can be caused by GBH include:
Breaking someone’s nose Knocking someone’s teeth out Breaking someone’s jaw Damaging someone’s eye/eyesight"
Not sure where you got that from but see p38 of the linked Home Office crime recording rules, they're the final word on how offences should be treated
I got my info from a solicitors website dealing with serious assaults. Most solicitors would class the injury the PO received as GBH.
It's not always as cut and dried as we are making out though....from the CPS website...
1. Start by determining the level of injury
In the first instance it should be possible to determine whether the injury is of GBH, ABH or battery level.
This must be considered with reference to the victim, i.e. the person’s age, health or any other relevant factors. In Bollom [2003] EWCA Crim 2846 the court said ‘To use this case as an example, these injuries on a 6-foot adult in the fullness of health would be less serious than on, for instance, an elderly or unwell person, or someone who was physically or psychiatrically vulnerable or, as here, on a very young child. In deciding whether injuries are grievous, an assessment must be made of, amongst other things, the effect of the harm on the individual. We have no doubt that in determining the gravity of these injuries, it was necessary to consider them in their real context.’
A broken bone especially on an emergency services person is GBH.
I was done for police assault twice many years ago but it was just assault and the Irish friend next to me the second time sent a clear message to the magistrates who really did the assaulting.
He was bruised and battered and shirt torn to shreds which according to police statements there was no one else involved so as the first time... it was a fifty quid fine.
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