grievous bodily harm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, prosecutors asked District Judge Oonagh Mullan to withdraw the previous charge of grievous bodily harm.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025
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
Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, has pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and inciting secession, as well as an alternative charge of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2021
The old lady was timorous—most old ladies are—and her first impression was that the bloated lad was about to do her some grievous bodily harm with the view of possessing himself of her loose coin.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
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