gbh

[dannyb80]

Hello to all, i was just curious about a guy who has beaten up a guy i know using a basball bat, resulting the victim into going into hospital with head wounds and a broken jaw. The attacker has also been harassing another friend of myn his x misses, beating her up and also going into her school with intent to smash up her car, which fortunatly wasnt here,  The poice are looking for him as we speak, but i was wondering if he would go down for this or not? and how long for? thanks in advance

[cassimer]

Would certainly hope so...

[Dom Tuk]

It all depends on how much of a case the police can build up, how much of evidence they can gather and whether the CPS will want to bring it to the courts. At the end of it all a judge/magistrate may give him   a lenient sentence and that will be that.

[Englishbird]

As above - totally depends on evidence, witnesses and police.

The maximum penalty for GBH with intent (triable only in the Crown Court) is life imprisonment, for GBH without intent (triable either way) it is five years imprisonment and for ABH (triable either way) it is also five years imprisonment.

Don't for one min think he'll get maximum sentences!! unfortunately it's rare.  It will be a long drawn out process and the victims will be dragged through the mill.  I hope they go through with it though, scum like that deserve all they get. x

[Peter Pedant]

Hi English bird,

I dont reckon this is the United Kingdom - baseball bat, none of the kids where I live use them.

as for driving their cars to skool - presumably they would have to steal them before they drove them.

Where's judge judy?

[Ben8987]

I think this case would be handled by magistrates and they tend to decide the punishment using a criteria. I'm not very familar with it but use of a weapon, unprovoked and two counts of GBH are all factors that would contribute to the severity of the punishment.

GBH usually results in community service but this case could give a prison sentence. I think magistatres can only gove a maximum 6 month prison sentence, or 250 (ish) hours of community service. Of course, the case can be refered to a higher court where a judge will be presnt which means a greater punishment can be issued.