... lead has caused cuts on Kate's body, which would constitute wounding. Maliciously means that the possibility of harm must have been foreseeable by the defendant. This offence does not request that the perpetrator intended the full consequence or was reckless as to the harm caused, however he must intend some harm but need not have intended grievous bodily harm or wounding, as discussed in the House of Lords in Savage Dpp v Parmenter (1991) 4 All ER 698. Section 18 of the Offence against the Person Act, 1861 covers the offence of wounding with intent. It requires that the perpetrator maliciously intended to wound or cause grievous bodily harm, or intended to resist arrest and the prosecution must prove the intention existed. As with s20, wounding and grievous bodily harm are interpreted the same but recklessness cannot by considered under s18. If Ray was to be charged under s18 it would ...

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