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    Offences against the person

    Assault
    Breaching an intervention order
    Causing death or harm by dangerous driving
    Choking, suffocation or strangulation in a domestic setting
    Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
    Humiliating or degrading filming
    Murder
    Manslaughter
    Offences relating to human remains
    Prohibited act involving human biological material
    Stalking, cyber stalking and cyber bullying
    Unlawful Threats
    Voluntary assisted dying offences

    Sexual offences are dealt with separately in the Law Handbook - see Sexual Offences.

    For information on compensation for injuries caused by criminal acts, see Victims of Crime Compensation.

    Offences against the person  :  Last Revised: Tue Oct 25th 2016
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