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<p>The offences of grievous and actual bodily harm are created by the Offences against
the Person Act 1861. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central
record of defendants charged with, or prosecuted for these offences. This information
could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not hold a central record of defendants prosecuted
by specific offences, records are held reporting the number of defendants, identified
as being persons serving with the police, who are assigned the Principal Offence Category
‘Offences against the Person’ at finalisation. Persons serving with the police are
defined as, and include, police staff, community support officers and contracted escort
and detention officers in addition to serving police officers. These figures are identified
by way of a monitoring flag, administered by a member of staff highlighting it as
a “Police complaint” case.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of prosecuted
defendants, flagged as being persons serving with the police and whose Principal Offence
Category was identified as ‘Offences against the Person’, in each of the last five
years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
Defendants Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
Trials </strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convicted
after Trial </strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Acquitted
after Trial </strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>%
Acquitted </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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