Thank you. Much appreciated.

Well, I have, but there's more. Last night, I had an awful pain in my neck and tried to move it, however this proved unsuccessful. I had to call the doctor out for him to have a look at it and was told to go back up the hospital today to get it checked out. Seems I have a very slight fracture in my neck now too that was not spotted during my time in hospital; kinda figures for the National Health Service.

So now, my recovery time is going to be longer than anticipated, which is going to be a burden on me because I am usually an active guy.

As for the guy who left me in this state; I spoke to the police and they have him on a GBH charge now, so you were right Joel. Apparently, before they had spoken to me, they had him down for an ABH charge.

hooray, gavizard is okay
seriosly sue the guy though, people like him are a threat to the roads
get healed fast

As I said, my main priority is getting recovered as quickly as I can and because I left the hospital early, I wasn't referred to a physiotherapist, so I'm regretting that a bit as I have to work harder to recover.

I also developed some injuries that may cost to get repaired, so getting some kind of grant; be it from suing the driver or compensation would be fantastic. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

I just saw this thread (wish I had seen this earlier, sorry), damn fucking hell. This sucks, I'm releaved you were not killed or anything.

I hope you will make a swift and full recovery!

I must have missed the post where it was said, but what is GBH and ABH?


Glad to hear things are coming along. Best wishes and I know you'll make a swift recovery :)

Grievous Bodily Harm, and Attempted Bodily Harm?

Ah, that makes sense.

Cheers=p

Grievous Bodily Harm; it's often abbreviated to GBH. It's a phrase used in English criminal law which was introduced in sections 18 and 20 Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

Actual Bodily Harm (often abbreviated to ABH) is a type of criminal assault defined under English law. It encompasses those assaults which result in injuries, typically requiring a degree of medical treatment of the victim. It is a hybrid offence, i.e; it can be tried in either the Magistrates' Court or Crown Court. There is a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment if you are convicted.

In the eyes of British law, there are several degrees of assault on another person for which you could be charged if arrested for such offences. I am not sure if these still hold but certainly 'ABH' .. Actual Bodily Harm, would be levelled at you for breaking someone's nose etc. On a sliding scale therefore, Grievous Bodily Harm would be for a more serious offence and 'Wounding' would be at a higher level still.

Unlawful wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm is contrary to section 20 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

The offence is committed when a person unlawfully and maliciously, either: wounds another person; or inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person.

Both of which I fell victim to.

So could the charges be doubled?

Theoretically, yes, I'm pretty sure they can. However, I'm not quite sure if that is the case for me. I'll have to look into it.