LabouredSubterfuge
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Has to be immediate. A threat that you will hurt someone the next time you see them is not enough for an offence of Common Assault. Conditional threats (shut up or I'll hit you) also count as immediate
Words alone can amount to an assault.
I think the case is R v Ireland, about a series of silent phonecalls.
It depends on the facts. it depends upon the impact of the calls of the victim.
For Simple Assault, it's enough for the victim to fear that force could occur immediately after a telephone call.
Yes it was Ireland I was thinking of. I was thinking that must have been the ratio there, that force would follow the call. Been a long time since I did crim.