actual bodily harm

British

noun

ABH. criminal law injury caused by one person to another that interferes with the health or comfort of the victim

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A jury found PC Richard Williams, 43, not guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm and a second charge of intentional strangulation following a seven-day trial in Caernarfon.

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The court heard Sekanjako, who was born in Uganda, had a previous conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm from 2013.

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But a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court found her not guilty of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

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The jury returned unanimous verdicts on all but one of the charges, with a single count of actual bodily harm having a 10-to-two majority.

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He will stand trial for attempted murder of the woman and for causing actual bodily harm to Alex Fuentes at Birmingham Crown Court on 3 October.

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