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Director of Public Prosecutions v Santana-Bermudez is a Court of Appeal case regarding if an ommission amounted to an actus reus for battery.

Background
SAntana-Bermudez was searched by a woman police constable (WPC) who asked him if he had anything sharp on him, which he replied that he did not. Upon searching him, the WPC pricked herself on a hypodermic needle that Santana-Bermudez had in his pocket which caused bleeding. He was charged with battery however he argued that he didn't take any physical action in order to commit the actus reus of battery. The Magistrates Court convicted him but he appealed on those grounds to the Crown Court and his appeal was allowed. The DPP appealed the Crown Court's judgement to the Court of Appeal,,