Assault with intent to resist arrest

Assault with intent to resist arrest[1] is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

  1. ^ It is so described by Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1999, at page 1628. Paragraph 5(g) of Schedule 1 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 describes it as assault with intent to resist apprehension.