aggravated assault• In April, Sharpe pleadedguilty to possessing a crackpipe and no contest to attemptedaggravated assault.• The pattern held true for rapes, robberies and aggravated assault.• The public order essence of the offence has been wholly lost, and affray has become a form of aggravated assault.• To them, hypocrisy is aggravated assault by other means.• Nine people were charged with burglary, three with robbery and two with aggravated assault on a police officer.