Title: Is it a crime to threaten or intimidate someone?
Headings: Is it a crime to threaten or intimidate someone?
Is it a crime to threaten or intimidate someone?
The essential elements are:
For Stalking:
For Intimidation:
Does the other person actually have to be fearful?
The essential elements are:
‘Carriage service’
‘Menacing’
‘Harassing’
‘Offensive’
The essential elements are:
Obvious examples include intentionally sending or delivering:
The essential elements are:
The information can be conveyed by any means including:
Author
Ugur Nedim
Your Opinion Matters

Content: Intimidation often involves threats such as ‘you better let me in or else…!’ or ‘if you do that, you know what’s gonna happen to you’. However, words are not necessary and intimidation can occur through actions designed to pressure another into compliance. Does the other person actually have to be fearful? No. The other person does not actually have to be put in fear by your conduct. It is enough for the prosecution to prove that you knew that your conduct was likely to cause fear in the other person. Nor is the other person required to have acted in accordance with your desire, eg to have opened the door or stayed away from their new partner. 2. Using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence
This is an offence under section 474.17 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cwth) that carries a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment.