Rugby star is sentenced for GBH – BBC News
“Wigan rugby league player Iafeta Palea’aesina has been sentenced to 200 hours community service for breaking a bus driver’s jaw.”
BBC News, 30th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: grievous bodily harm
Man set fire to pilot in sheep costume – The Guardian
“A man walked free from court today after he admitted setting alight an RAF pilot who was dressed as a sheep for a fancy dress party.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenagers who filmed attack on homeless man face jail – The Guardian
“Four teenagers who filmed themselves beating a homeless man with a wheel brace face lengthy prison sentences after they were convicted yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
GBH doctor suspended for a year – BBC News
“A doctor who beat a paramedic into a coma has been suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) for 12 months.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Cockburn – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
“An anti-intruder device driven by gravity and triggered by pressure on a wire was capable of amounting to an engine calculated to inflict grievous bodily harm, under the Offences against the Person Act 1861.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man broke girlfriend’s leg in damages fraud – The Times
“A man deliberately broke his girlfriend’s leg as part of a £100,000 compensation swindle and was caught only because he filmed the incident on his mobile phone.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Elastic band “attack” in school landed a 12-year-old in court – The Times
“A 12-year-old boy who used an elastic band to fire a piece of cardboard at a classmate was charged with grievous bodily harm, in a process estimated to have cost taxpayers at least £10,000.”
The Times, 29th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
