Would be glad if i could get an answer for this question.

[iluvunited]

Etienne, a Frenchman was at a local disco in England and had been drinking heavily. He asked Flo is she would dance with him. Flo said "no" and then, as Etienne turned to go , he staggered against her, pushing her over.

Flo's brother saw what happened, rushed over and punched Etienne on the nose shouting, "get out of the country you bloody foreigner !" Etienne's friend Thierry was upset by Stanley's comment and said we are all member of Eu now." This further incensed Stanley, who threw a heavy ashtray at Thierry but it missed him. By this time, the police had arrived and when PC Bill told Stanley he was under arrest, Stanley pushed him out of the way in an attempt to run away. The force knocked PC Bill over and he cracked his head against a table, fracturing his skull.

Discuss the possible criminal liability of Etienne and Stanley.

[ummmm]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1155539.html

Is this homework?

[ummmm]

Just read it properly, of course it's homework!!

It might be better if you do it yourself.

[Baldric]

I'm waiting for the 'No win, No fee' solicitors ad!

[Kiki-frog]

Given that smoking was outlawed in England in 2007, I'd say they should all sue the disco for leaving ashtrays lying around. Most negligent!

[mrs_overall]

Surely the French men should get a life sentence with hard labour simply for being cheese eating surrender monkeys?

[bibblebub]

on the contrary, Etienne was canonized and went on to form a football team

[Prudie]

Stanley's parents must take some punishment for naming their children Flo and Stanley.

[jno]

Etienne, no crime, if it was an accident. Refusing to dance with a lady is not a crime in England.

Stanley assault and maybe battery... but apparently police commit no crime by knocking people over and killing them, so maybe Stanley will escape too.

[mrs_overall]

So Stanley not only has a silly name but can't even throw an ashtray accurately at close range. I bet he is also guilty of stepping on the cracks in the pavement and having a ridiculous haircut.

[boxtops]

Stanley gets a £80 fixed penalty notice for crimes against Specsavers!

[tonywiltshire]

Iluvunited, research is important and it is very important that you do your own, no one expects you to know everything but you do need to learn where and how to search for information, it is in this way you gain experience and knowledge.

[grffindoor2011]

The one thing I can glean from this is that the homework question needs to be updated. Flo and Stanley in a local disco with a Frenchman sounds like something from the 1960's.

As for the answer, my view would be -
Flo's brother Stanley charged with two counts of ABH, one count of racially aggravated assault and one count of GBH on a Police Officer.

[sir.prize]

Nobody died so no murder offences need to be considered.

Provocation is not a defence to non-fatal offences. Stanley may have been ‘incensed’ but he did not kill anybody and provocation is only relevant when a person has been charged with murder.

No offence contrary to the Sexual Offences Act is committed when, at the ‘local disco’ a man merely asks a woman if she will dance with him. It is certainly not attempted rape.

Similarly if a man staggers drunkenly against a woman it is not an offence contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003. In addition, note the following: When Stanley punched Etienne’s nose and threw the ashtray at Thierry it could be regarded as ‘racial aggravation’.

Stanley pushing PC Bill would be regarded as ‘maliciously causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest’.

The final decision is yours.

[methyl]

Amazing that two people have manage to post the same question from the 2008 University of London 2nd/1st year Law examinations within a couple of hours.
http://www.scribd.com...Law-2008-Zone-B-Paper

Hmm. I wonder if they allowed iPhones into the mocks?

[sir.prize]

methyl - those 'two people' were the same person!