Quote: Slugger McBatt "It's not an affray. If you look at the definition of affray, it states that it occurs when a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene would fear violence. The case of R-v-Sanchez (199icon_cool.gif made it clear that the purpose of an affray is to protect an innocent bystander, not the person being attacked, as an assault charge can be used then. To give an example, someone hits someone in a pub, it's an assault. But if it spreads, and chairs start flying, it is an affray too, as anyone there is at risk of being hit. Or when one group attacks another group.
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Is it not a [ihypothetical[/i bystander of reasonable firmness?
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and one dated 1999 where no violence was used - just folk wandering around with petrol bombs - must be England
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Has to be more to it than assault - it has drawn the attention of quite a few,it seems.
