Argy-bargy

Yesterday and today was: Breach Of The Peace, Harassment, Public Order, and Assault

Breach Of The Peace
It turns out that if there is a breach of the Queen’s Peace, any person can make an arrest and the troublemaker is then bound over – I was very disappointed to find that binding people over involves no real binding at all, not even the smallest piece of rope!

Harassment
In 1992 Tracey Morgan was living a happy life until she started being harassed. The only problem was harassment wasn’t a crime then. The Harassment Act didn’t arrive on the statue till 1997.
Tracey’s life was made miserable because of what she suffered – and it must have been horrible. Here is a link to her story

Public Order
Mr Bill and his colleagues came up themselves with a handy aide memoir for the Public Order stuff – it's rather rude and the little Bill’s might read this, so if you want to know what it is you will have to ask Mr Bill :-)

Assault
There are different levels of assault:
Common Assault: from the merest scratch to a black eye
Actual Bodily Harm: breaking teeth, extensive bruising, a broken nose and even psychiatric injury such as the victim being too afraid to leave their house.
Grievous Bodily Harm: more permanent injuries such as disfigurement, broken bones, permanent loss of a sensory function.
Aggravated Assault: I think this is to do with the intent that the assaulter had

Mr Bill has lots of studying to do this weekend as he has to pass an exam on Thursday - 65% and above is ok, 60-65 results in being given an action plan, less than 60 - oh dear that is not good enough – not sure what happens – just hope none of them get to find out.