grievous bodily harm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A jury found pilot Leslie Woodall guilty of dangerously operating a vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, after a short trial which focused on his actions after one of the plane's engines suddenly failed.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
A district court in 2022 found him not guilty of aggravated assault in all three cases, and guilty of causing grievous bodily harm in one case, handing down a suspended sentence.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Gill worked with defense lawyers and campaigned—in vain—to overturn the conviction of British nurse Ben Geen, found guilty in 2006 of two murders and 15 counts of grievous bodily harm.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
Jurors took less than four hours to clear him of both counts of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021
A singular case of mistaken identity came under my notice during the trial of a serious charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron
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