GBH with INTENT

[princess_ali]

my boyfriend got into a fight with another bloke. he stabbed him in the back, the man survived, the police have said if the knife had gone in an ich to the left he would have died. my boyfriend has been to prison before, for gbh. how long is he actually looking at?

[Ethel]

The maximum sentence for GBH with intent is life imprisonment, so a few years imprisonment at the least.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

why did he have a knife on him in the first place,people like him need to be taught a lesson,any decent girl would not want to be associated with a thug like him,lets hope he gets 10 yrs and make the streets a bit safer for a long time,do yourself a favour and find another boyfriend whos a responsible member of society.

[flip_flop]

This animal is dangerous - he needs to be removed from the streets for a long long time before he murders somebody.

[jake-the-peg]

I'm sorry there's a tendency for requests like this to be met with abuse from certain people.

I think they must get a self-righteous buzz from it - I can't think of anything else they might hope to achieve.

Lets see if I can be more helpfull
From the Governments' sentencing guidelines:


Stabbing
AG�s Ref. No. 18 of 2002 (Hughes) [2003] 1 Cr.App.R.(S) 9
� Having referred to a number of existing authorities, the Court concluded that,depending on the circumstances of the particular offence and whether or not there is a plea of guilty, a sentence within the range of 3 to 8 years was appropriate for offences contrary to s.18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, when a knife is used.
Current Sentencing Practice Reference: B2-2.3A

The recommendation for erduction for a guilty plea is 1/3 if he pleads guilty immediately, 1/4 if he does so after a trial date is set down to 1/10 'at the door of the court'

There is a lot of interest in knife crime at the moment and as he has a record of GBH and as he's only avoiding a murder charge by sheer luck I think he's probably looking at the upper end of that range.

Of course a longer sentence makes an early guilty lea worth that much more time.

You also need to do some thinking about whether this is the sort of man you want to spend the rest of your life with. Loyalty is very admirable but even if he never lays a hand on you there's a good chance he'll be in and out of gaol all his life.

Personally I'd think it'd be better to break with someone at the beginning rather than wait until he's had 3 or 4 years of fretting about whether you're waiting for him.

But it's your life

[NORMANTHEDOG]

jake,i cannot believe you are having a go at decent law abiding people,like myself and flip flop,i certainlly do not get any buzz from hearing on the news about knife crimes,all the time.and as for giving her sentencing guidlines,he deserves a long prison sentence and thats it.

[jake-the-peg]

And I'm sure she's amazingly grateful for having it pointed out to her by a fine upstanding human being like yourself!

Anybody would think it was her that did the stabbing!

Is this answerbank or abuse bank?

Save it for the News forum if you just want to tell people what you think of them

[Ethel]

The poster isn't asking for relationship advice either.

[jake-the-peg]

I think there's a diffence between unsolicited advice and unsolicited abuse don't you Ethel?

[Smurf Queen]

ive noticed NORMANTHEDOG posts on every question in the Criminal section and passes judgement at 4am in the morning.
my GBH search here showed he's answered this same question WRONG at least twice already.
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Criminal/Qu estion361341.html
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question288 886.html

[NORMANTHEDOG]

smurf queen,thats the time i get up to go to work,and i like to abuse all the murders,rapists,muggers and thieves,before i leave for work,is that ok.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

smurf queen, get it right before you post crap,those 3 posts were,1 at 8 pm,2 at 10 pm. you have only been on the site a few hrs and you give me crap.

[misty-rose]

Anyone who stabs someone else DESERVES to go to prison. End of story. Why should everyone live in fear because of anti social scum??

[misty-rose]

And 'Princess Ali', the best thing you can do is move on. Do you want him to father your children?

[CushtyFred]

I hope your scum boyfriend rotts in jail and get chad curred everyday.

[Suzieb]

Well said Jake, when I came here asking for advice Norman wasn't exactley very nice to me either and also advised me to dump my boyfriend.

This girl is probably really upset and has just come here for a bit of help and maybe comfort, there's no need to be so cruel to people.

Though you probably already know it Princess, your boyfriend is looking at a few years in prison.

[Reverandfunk]

A long time hopefully.

[spaced]

a few years is not enough in my opinion. What about a sentence for carrying a knife, ontop of actually stabbing someone. Lets be honest, stabbing someone is an abhorrent act, stabbing someone in th back is cowardly.

I'd love to have 3 mins in the ring with your boyfriend, and show him how to really fight.

Anyway, get used to visiting times at the prisons love.