gbh or abh?

[sair5412]

What is worse and what are their definitions?

What are the sentences for them? What is someone put another person in intensive care and that person may not live? Or was brain damaged? I know someone who has been charged with GBH (but he is currently at home???) Surely they need to know what happens to the poor victim first? Dies? Brain damage? At the moment they are just in intensive care, critical but stable. Also, what does this mean?

Thanks

[almcd007]

Right here goes :

GBH is worst. GBH = Grievous Bodily Harm and ABH Actual Bodily Harm.

The charge will usually wait until a determination of the healthof the victim is made. i.e. the attacker will be bailed/remanded until it is definite. If they die Murder/Manslaughter charges will be addressed.

Critical means that the persons life may still be at risk but the doctors have stabilised their condition using whatever means.

The sentances are wide and varied depending on the persons previous convictions and severity of the offence etc - there is no cut and dried sentance for either - could be a fine or maximum of See here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievous_bodily_h arm

or here for abh : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actual_Bodily_Har m

[IggyB]

for a quick over view the CPS can offer some good advice http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section5/chapter_c .html

[dennilson]

You would have thought they would be on remand for an offence of GBH, all depends if it was GBH with intent S18 OAP or Section 20 without the intent. Both far more serious offences than the s47 ABH. When you think that the next offence up from a s18 wounding is attempt murder then you wonder how people can be released on bail.