BORA Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill [pdf, 130 KB]
...sustained directly from the assault, or from hitting the ground or an object (as a consequence of the assault). It is not necessary to prove that the death was reasonably foreseeable. 4. The Explanatory Note of the Bill states that the offence is in response to a number of deaths where an individual had been assaulted, either by a “king-hit” or a “coward’s punch”, and later died as a result of their injuries. 5. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with th...