Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill:

I wish to pick up on Deputy Howlin's point and the issue of intent. It is important in terms of prosecution. Again, the issue of seriously interfering with the other person's peace is repeated here and it seems to speak to the impact on the person rather than the seriousness of the act. The two combined may make it very difficult perhaps not to prosecute but certainly to achieve a prosecution. It is probably worth looking at the language used because, again, it puts the onus on the victim to prove that it was a serious interference rather than the act in itself being serious.