s20 Maliciously Wounding/Maliciously causing GBH

• Define wounding:

  A wound is a break in the continuity of the skin, breaks three layers of skin (Eisenhower).

  A broken bone is not a wound unless it also breaks the skin (R v Wood).
• Define GBH:

  Really serious harm, but does not have to be life threatening (DPP v Smith).
• Define s20 OAPA 1861 - Maliciously wounding or inflicting GBH:

  Where D wounded or inflicted GBH and he either intended some injury or was reckless as to whether injury was caused.
• s20 AR:

  D must have wounded or inflicted GBH

  "Inflicted" means the same as causes - Causation rules apply
• s20 MR:


  Intended some injury (not serious).

  OR

  Was reckless as to whether any injury was inflicted.