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Assault
Actual
Assault
An
assault leading to actual bodily harm carries a 5 year prison sentence.
Assault and battery has a 6 month custodial sentence and a £5000 fine at
Magistrates Court.
Assaulting
a constable or someone helping him/her has a maximum sentence of 6 months
imprisonment and a £5000 fine.
Note
: that an assault does not necessarily mean that there has been any
physical contact. It can be purely a threatening gesture. Words or
threatening language are not enough to mean that there has been an
assault.
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