S.20 GBH and Wounding

• GBH AR: An act which inflicts grievous bodily harm

  • DPP v Smith - 'really serious harm'
  • Severity of injuries is assessed based on age and health - Bollom
  • Bodily can include psychiatric harm (Burstow) or deliberate infection of a serious disease (Dica)
• Wounding AR: To unlawfully and maliciously wound

  • Must include breaking of both layers of the skin, cannot be a scratch or a graze - Eisenhower
• GBH and Wounding MR: Intent or recklessness as to causing some harm

  • Does not need to foresee the risk of the wound/GBH only the risk of some harm occurring - Paramenter