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(a) Robs or assaults with the intention of robbing another, or
(b) Steals any chattel, money or valuable security from the body of another,
(c) And wounds or inflicts grievous bodily harm on another
Commits an offence.
Penalty:
Imprisonment 25 years
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Indictable
Jurisdiction:
District or Supreme Court.
How committed:
Person A demands Person B provide their wallet to Person A and at the time of making the demand Person A hits Person B and wounds Person B e.g. Person B is stabbed.
Important note:
Robbery can be simply defined as: stealing from another person and at the time of stealing a threat of violence, or actual violence, is inflicted on the victim.
Wounds means breaking the skin causing blood to flow through the dermis and epidermis.
Grievous bodily harm includes—
(a) the destruction (other than in the course of a medical procedure or a termination of a pregnancy in accordance with the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019) of the foetus of a pregnant woman, whether or not the woman suffers any other harm, and
(b) any permanent or serious disfiguring of the person, and
(c) any grievous bodily disease (in which case a reference to the infliction of grievous bodily harm includes a reference to causing a person to contract a grievous bodily disease).