Annex C
Offences table with statute
EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOUR
POSSIBLE OFFENCES
CHARGE/LEGISLATION
Neglecting, abandoning or ill-treating
a child
Forcing entry into a house
Pressuring a victim/witness to “drop
the case” or not to give evidence
Child cruelty
s1 Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Using violence to secure entry
Witness intimidation
Obstructing the course of justice
Conspiracy to pervert the course of
justice
Physical violence, with or without
weapons (eg: punching, slapping,
pushing, kicking, headbutting, and
hair pulling)
Violence resulting in death
Common assault
Actual bodily harm
Grievous bodily harm, wounding
s6(1) Criminal Law Act 1977
s51 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Common law offence: obstructing the course of
justice
Common law offence: perverting the course of
justice
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s47 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861
s20/18 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861
Choking, strangling, suffocating
Spitting at a person
Threatening with an article used as a
weapon (eg: a knife, tool, telephone,
chair)
Throwing articles (eg: crockery, even
if they miss their target)
Murder
Manslaughter
Common assault
Actual bodily harm
Grievous bodily harm
Attempting to choke, strangle or
suffocate
Common assault
Threats to kill
Common assault
Threatening behaviour
Common assault
Actual bodily harm
Grievous bodily harm, wounding
Common law offence: murder
Common law offence: manslaughter
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s20/18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s21 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s16 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s5 Public Order Act 1986
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s20/18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOUR
Tying someone up
Threatening to kill someone
Threats to cause injury
Threats seriously to damage or
undermine social status
Damaging or destroying property or
threatening to damage or destroy
property
Harming or threatening to harm a pet
Locking someone in a room or house
or preventing him or her from leaving
Preventing someone from visiting
relatives or friends
Preventing someone from seeking aid
(eg - medical attention)
Using violence or threatening violence
to prevent someone from dressing as
they choose or forcing them to wear a
particular make-up, jewellery and
hairstyles
Racial abuse
POSSIBLE OFFENCES
CHARGE/LEGISLATION
Criminal damage
Threatening behaviour
Common assault
Actual bodily harm
False imprisonment
Threats to kill
Harassment
Common assault
Threatening behaviour
Blackmail
s1 Criminal Damage Act 1971
s5 Public Order Act 1986
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Common law offence: false imprisonment
s16 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s5 Public Order Act 1986
s21(1) Theft Act 1968
Criminal damage
Threatening to cause criminal damage
Harassment
Criminal damage
Threatening to cause criminal damage
Cruelty to animals
False imprisonment
s1 Criminal Damage Act 1971
s2 Criminal Damage Act 1971
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s1 Criminal Damage Act 1971
s2 Criminal Damage Act 1971;
various sections - Animal Welfare Act 2006
Common law offence: false imprisonment
False imprisonment
Common law offence: false imprisonment
False imprisonment
Common law offence: false imprisonment
Actual bodily harm
Harassment
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Racially aggravated threatening
s31 Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Annex C
EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOUR
POSSIBLE OFFENCES
behaviour
Harassment
“Outing” (eg: sexual orientation or HIV Harassment
status)
Actual bodily harm
Blackmail
Enforced financial dependence or
Harassment
unreasonably depriving someone of
money
Enforced sexual activity
Rape
Sexual assault
Living off immoral earnings
Persistent verbal abuse (eg: constant Harassment
unreasonable criticism)
Actual bodily harm
Breaching the conditions of a nonBreach of non-molestation order
molestation order
Offensive/obscene/menacing
Improper use of public
telephone calls, text messages or
telecommunication systems
letters
Malicious communications
Actual bodily harm
Grievous bodily harm
Harassment/stalking
Excessive contact (eg: numerous
Harassment/stalking
phone calls to check someone’s
whereabouts)
Secret or enforced administration of
Common assault
drugs
Actual bodily harm
Grievous bodily harm
Administering poison
CHARGE/LEGISLATION
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s21(1) Theft Act 1968
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s1 Sexual Offences Act 2003
various sections - Sexual Offences Act 2003
s52-53 Sexual Offences Act 2003
s1-2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s42 Family Law Act 1996
s127 Communications Act 2003
s1 Malicious Communications Act 1988
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s20/18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s1-2A, 4A Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s1-2A, 4A Protection from Harassment Act 1997
s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s20/18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
s23 Offences Against the Person Act 1861