What is the decision in Logdon v DPP?

Answer 1

In the case of Logdon v DPP (1976), the court held that the defendant's actions constituted an assault, even though he did not intend to cause actual harm. Logdon had pointed a replica gun at a woman, which she reasonably believed to be real, leading to her fear of immediate violence. The ruling emphasized that the victim's perception of threat, rather than the defendant's intention or the weapon's actual lethality, determined the existence of assault. Thus, the court affirmed that a threat can exist even if the means to carry it out are not genuine.