{"id":3397,"date":"2018-02-02T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T08:40:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T12:55:44","slug":"proving-actus-reas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawteacher.net\/free-law-essays\/criminal-law\/proving-actus-reas.php","title":{"rendered":"Proving Actus Reus or Mens Rea: Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    1. Devinder shouting at Florence<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      D told F \u201cWatch out. I\u2019m coming for you next\u201d. As F did not suffer any physical harm it follows that D will not be guilty of any of the s.18, s.20 or s.47 offences under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (OAPA). It may be possible that D is guilty of the common law offence of assault. The actus reus of this offence is that a person causes another to apprehend the application of immediate and unlawful force[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Therefore, it would be necessary to prove that D caused F to anticipate that she would be struck immediately. The mens rea of assault is that a person intended to cause a victim to apprehend the application of immediate and unlawful force or was reckless with respect to that \u2013 the defendant must be at least aware of the risk that his actions might cause a person to apprehend force[2]<\/sup><\/a>. Whether D is guilty of assault will depend on whether the prosecution can satisfy the requirement that F apprehended the application of immediate force. As D said \u201cI\u2019m coming for you next\u201d, it could be argued that the threat of force was not immediate. It has been advanced that if a person threatens to assault a victim \u201cnext Monday[3]<\/sup><\/a>, the requisite immediacy is insufficient to found the actus reus. However, although D may have meant that he was \u201ccoming for\u201d F after M, the use by D of the word \u201cnext\u201d may have led F to apprehend that she was in fact next, thus satisfying the immediacy requirement and the requisite actus reus for D to be guilty of assault.<\/p>\n

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        1. M pushing G who stumbled and fell sustaining cuts and bruises<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The cuts and bruises that G sustained are not sufficient to prove that M was guilty of a s.18 or s.20 offence under OAPA. Section 18 is satisfied when a person unlawfully and maliciously wounds or causes grievous bodily harm to another with intent, whilst section 20 mirrors the s.18 offence with the exception that intent is not required. G\u2019s injuries do not amount to grievous bodily harm, therefore it may be possible to prove the lesser offence under s.47 OAPA. To prove this offence it will be necessary to show that M committed assault occasioning actual bodily harm either intentionally or recklessly[4]<\/sup><\/a>. It is unnecessary to prove any mens rea with respect to the harm[5]<\/sup><\/a>. It will be necessary to analyse the exact nature of G\u2019s injuries as paragraph 2.4 of the Code for Crown Prosecutors, Offences Against the Person, June 2004, states that where injuries comprise of minor bruises and superficial cuts the accused should be tried under s.39 Criminal Justice Act 1988 and should only be prosecuted under s.47 in exceptional circumstances. Therefore, the precise nature of G\u2019s injuries will determine whether M is faced with either s.39 or s.47 charges.<\/p>\n

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            1. D hitting M with a broken bottle causing extensive injuries to M\u2019s face<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              As D has grievously injured M, it is possible that D will be charged with either a s.18 or s.20 OAPA offence. The former requires intent to unlawfully and maliciously would or cause grievous bodily harm. Recklessness will not suffice[6]<\/sup><\/a>. Significantly, the jury is entitled to find the requisite intent even if causing the harm was not the defendant\u2019s purpose, but if the defendant knew that causing grievous bodily harm was a virtually certain consequence of his actions[7]<\/sup><\/a>. D will not be able to raise the defence of consent; D cannot assert that because M consented to the fight he also consented to any injuries he subsequently sustained. English law will not allow the defence of consent to be raised if the injury sustained is grievous, as the law is of the opinion that it is against the public interest to allow a person to cause each other actual bodily harm without good reason[8]<\/sup><\/a>. It seems likely that it can be shown that at the very least D knew that grievous bodily harm to M was a virtually certain consequences of D\u2019s actions. Even if the facts are insufficient to establish D\u2019s guilt under s.18. D can still be charged with the s.20 offence as it is not necessary to demonstrate intent. Instead, the mens rea requires subjective recklessness on the defendant\u2019s part with respect to some of the harm.<\/p>\n

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                1. M punching D in the head; D\u2019s thin skull fractured<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  It may be difficult to establish that M had the requisite intent for the purpose of s.18 to occasion grievous bodily harm upon D. If so, M can be charged with the s.20 offence of unlawfully and maliciously wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm. In order to satisfy the mens rea of this offence it is necessary to prove that M was subjectively reckless with respect to some of the harm (but not necessarily the serious harm) that he caused. This test will be satisfied if it can be shown that M was aware that his actions might cause D to suffer grievous harm[9]<\/sup><\/a>. The fact that, unbeknownst to M, D had a thin skull will not reduce M\u2019s liability whatsoever. It is a long-established principle of English criminal law that \u2018one must take one\u2019s victim as one finds him\u2019. This means that M cannot point to a peculiar vulnerability of the victim as the legal cause of injury[10]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

                  Bibliography<\/span><\/p>\n

                  A.P. Simester; G.R. Sullivan, \u201cCriminal Law: Theory & Doctrine\u201d, 2003, 2nd<\/sup> ed., Hart Publishing<\/p>\n

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                  Footnotes<\/h3>\n

                  <\/a>[1]<\/sup> Logdon [1976] Crim LR 121<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[2]<\/sup> Spratt [1991] 2 All ER 210<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[3]<\/sup> A.P. Simester; G.R. Sullivan, \u201cCriminal Law: Theory & Doctrine\u201d, 2003, 2nd<\/sup> ed., Sweet & Maxwell; at pg. 382<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[4]<\/sup> Burstow [1998] AC 147<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[5]<\/sup> Savage[1992] 1 AC 699; Parmeneter [1991] 2 All ER 225<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[6]<\/sup> Belfon [1976] 3 All ER 46<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[7]<\/sup> Woollin [1999] 1 AC 82<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[8]<\/sup> A-G\u2019s Reference (No. 6 of 80) [1981] QB 715 (CA), per Lord Lane CJ<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[9]<\/sup> supra, note 5<\/p>\n

                  <\/a>[10]<\/sup> Hayward [1908] 21 Cox CC 692<\/p>\n

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