The court described the offence of affray: ‘It typically involves a group of people who may well be shouting, struggling, threatening, waving weapons, throwing objects, exchanging and threatening blows and so on.’
Judges:
Lord Bingham of Cornhill CJ
Citations:
[1997] 1 Cr App R 14
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – I v Director of Public Prosecutions etc HL 8-Mar-2001
A group of youths carried petrol bombs in public, anticipating a confrontation with another group. They did not brandish them or actually threaten anybody. On dispersal by the police the bombs were dropped. On being charged with affray it was held . .
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Crime
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.237689