Is Assault By Beating Serious?

[Loustar40]

Is assault by beating serious

[emmie]

any assault is serious, by beating you mean you hit someone or they hit you?

[jno]

for whom, someone arrested for doing it, or someone who received the beating?

My answer would be Yes to both.

[dannyk13]

http://www.thelawpages.com/criminal-offence/Common-Assault-/-Assault-by-beating-128-1.law

[nailit]

Serious enough. I got a 3 month jail sentence for it in 2002.

[chanel5]

I should think it would be serious enough if you were on the receiving end of it.

[Ken4155]

I'm guessing you'll find out in due course:-/

[Buenchico]

'Assault by beating' is an alternative wording to 'common assault'. (i.e. it's still an offence contrary to Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and carries the same range of penalties). As such, it's the least serious of possible assault charges.

Although 'assault by beating' can theoretically lead to up to 6 months imprisonment, custodial sentences for the offence are extremely rare. Such a sentence is only available for a 'Category 1' offence, where both 'harm' and 'culpability' are seen as 'high'. (e.g. an organised attack by a gang on a person with learning difficulties). A community order is a far more likely outcome in most cases.

See pages 189 to 192 here:
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MCSG-April-2017-FINAL-2.pdf