Whats the difference between GBH and ABH?

Answer 1

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It's a matter of degree. Surface injuries, such as bruises and grazes, fall within the category of ABH, while more serious injuries, such as broken bones, are categorised as GBH. As a rough rule of thumb:

Examples of ABH:

loss or breaking of teeth

temporary loss of sensory functions

extensive or multiple bruising

minor fractures and cuts requiring stitches

psychiatric injury going beyond fear, distress or panic

Examples of GBH:

injury resulting in some permanent disability or visible disfigurement

broken or displaced limbs or bones

injuries requiring blood transfusion or lengthy treatment

Answer 2

Usually Grievous Bodily Harm.GBH is a where the inflicted wound penetrates the seven layers of skin or where a limb is fractured. Anything less than this is usually Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). A person cannot consent to causing GBH to themselves ( ie self inflicting wounds) and could still be prosecuted for GBH to themselves. Some Attempted Murder charges have been reduced to GBH where you cannot prove that the offender had an actual intention to do the particular kind of harm that was in fact done.

Answer 3

ABH is Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm under section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. That means, in layman's terms that you must intentionally or recklessly assault (use force upon or threaten immediately to use force upon) someone else and that assault must cause them an injury which is more than trivial. Bruising is sufficient.

maximum sentence is 5 years

GBH comes in several flavours under sections 20 and 18 of the OAPA. The section 20 offence is intentionally or recklessly causing Grevious Bodily Harm ( defined as "really serious"). Maximum sentence is 5 years.

The section 18 offences are:

1. causing GBH with intent.

2. causing wounding with intent (a wound being, in essence a cut).

3. causing GBH intentionally or recklessly while resisting arrest.

Maximum sentence if Life.

Source(s): Law Graduate, Oxford, BVC graduate, College of Law

Answer 4

Whats Gbh

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Answer 5

In English law, there is a range of non-fatal offences of varying degrees of severity beginning with 'common assault' (the least serious), 'assault occasioning actual bodily harm' (ABH), and the most serious 'assault occasioning grievous bodily harm' (GBH).

Answer 6

GBH is more seroius.

ABH is minor cuts and bruises, whereas GBH is major injury - serious wounds, broken bones etc.

Answer 7

Grievous bodily harm is defined as serious bodily harm - the same sections also refer to wounding. ABH is actual bodily harm which is basically any bodily harm which is not serious.

Hope that helps

Source(s): UK legal aid criminal defence solicitor

Answer 8

Grievous bodily Harm is what it says you have harmed someone Grievoulsly, Actual Bodily harm, is more of a Minor injury

Answer 9

I think it's that Grevious (not Gross as I said before - d'oh, I'm an airhead today!) Bodily Harm is more serious than Actual Bodily Harm.

Answer 10

gbh gets you in more trouble