Using poison etc to injure or to cause distress or pain is an offence under Section 41 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). The maximum penalty for this offence is imprisonment for five years.

Elements

A person is guilty of an offence of using poison etc to injure or to cause distress or pain if:

• the person administers to another person, or causes another person to take, a poison, intoxicating substance, or any other destructive or noxious thing, and
• with the intention of injuring that person or causing them distress or pain

Penalty

The maximum penalty for the offence is imprisonment for five years.

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Brian Walker

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Former Criminal Defence Solicitor. Former Federal Prosecutor for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions prosecuting Commonwealth crimes relating to drugs and child exploitation. Former Australian Federal Police member litigating proceeds of crime matters. Former Australian Taxation Office employee investigating offshore tax evasion matters.

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