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Cards (5)
Haystead
(Application of
force
)
Punched
woman
and woman dropped baby -
Indirect
force sufficient for
battery
to exist
Thomas
(
Application
of force)
Touching a persons
clothes
can be
battery
(
direct
)
DPP
V
Santana
Bemudez (battery must be an
act
)
Defendant asked by officer if had any
sharp
objects in pocket before
searched
and police officer then
pricked
by
hypodermic
needle
Collins V Wilcock
(
unlawful
force)
Police woman grabbed
prostitutes
arm to stop her
walking
away but without having
arrested
her
Venna
Defines
mens rea
of
battery