Harriet Payne V. Styles Argumentative Essay

Your honour, in the matter before the court, the prosecution alleges that on 11 February 2017, whilst standing in line at a Shawn Mendes merchandise signing, there were words and actions exchanged between the defendant, Harriet Payne and Louis Styles, which caused Louis Styles to fear for his safety. The events that took place and words and actions exchanged are as follows. As we understand it, the prosecution is only alleging that the defendant committed affray when standing in line for the merchandise signing and not in any instance away from the venue. The police were called in a separate exchange, not at the moment that Mr Styles allegedly felt threatened and accused Ms Payne of affray. As a result of the events that took place, the defendant, Harriet Payne, has been charged with Affray under section 93C. …show more content…
Section 93C subsection 1 states that ‘a person who uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and whose conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his safety is guilty of affray’. This means the prosecution must prove that Harriet Payne unlawfully pushed Mr Styles in an unprovoked attack and that Mr Styles showed the characteristics of a person of reasonable person. In addition, the prosecution must also prove that in regards to section 93D, subsection 1 and 2, that Ms Payne intended to use violence or was aware that her conduct could be violent or threaten