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  1. Aug 6, 2021 · Grievous bodily harm (GBH) is when someone intentionally or recklessly inflicts serious bodily harm on someone else. Common examples include: Causing a visual disfigurement.

  2. Grievous bodily harm (GBH) and Wounding are the most serious of the non-fatal offences against the person, charged under s.18 and s.20 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861. It is the absolute maximum harm inflicted upon a person without it proving fatal.

  3. This offence may be used where the injuries amount to grievous bodily harm or injury but where the intention to resist or prevent a lawful apprehension is clearer than the intent to cause a...

  4. Grievous bodily harm definition. Copyright © 2024 LexisNexis. What does Grievous bodily harm mean? Malicious wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm with or without a weapon is an offence.

  5. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk › outlines › assaultAssault – Sentencing

    Grievous bodily harm or wounding: the maximum sentence is five yearscustody. if the assault is racially or religiously aggravated, the maximum sentence is seven years’ custody.

  6. Jun 11, 2024 · It is an offence under section 20, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment, to inflict grievous bodily harm upon anyone with the intention to cause any amount of harm (however slight) or while reckless to the risk of causing any amount of harm.

  7. Jan 31, 2018 · There are three basic types of assault offence set out in law – common assault, actual bodily harm (ABH) and wounding / grievous bodily harm (GBH). They are primarily defined by the harm caused to the victim – with common assault at the lower end of harm and GBH at the upper end.