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OBLIQUE INTENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Case\/Statute<\/strong><\/td>\nAct Leading To Undesired Consequence<\/strong><\/td>\nPurpose<\/strong><\/td>\nUndesired Consequence<\/strong><\/td>\nDecision on How Intention is to be Established<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DPP<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Smith<\/i> (1961)<\/td>\n

Driving off with<\/p>\n

policeman holding on to car<\/td>\n

To get away from the<\/p>\n

policeman<\/td>\n

Policeman fell off<\/p>\n

car and killed by oncoming vehicle<\/td>\n

Person intends the<\/p>\n

natural & probable<\/p>\n

consequences of his<\/p>\n

acts (HL).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Section 8 of the<\/p>\n

Criminal Justice Act 1967<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nTo reverse the<\/p>\n

decision in DPP v Smith<\/i><\/td>\n

<\/td>\nJury not bound to<\/p>\n

find that D intended result just because it was a natural and probable<\/p>\n

result of D’s act.Look<\/p>\n

at all relevant evidence and decide D’s intention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hyam<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v DPP<\/i> (1975)<\/td>\n

D put burning<\/p>\n

newspaper through letterbox<\/td>\n

To frighten the<\/p>\n

woman who lived in the house<\/td>\n

Death of lady’s<\/p>\n

two children<\/td>\n

Enough that D<\/p>\n

foresaw that his actions were likely or highly likely to cause death or<\/p>\n

gbh (HL).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

R<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Moloney<\/i> (1985)<\/td>\n

Firing live bullet<\/td>\nShooting contest<\/td>\nDeath of stepfather<\/td>\nJury to ask<\/p>\n

themselves:<\/p>\n

(1) Was death or gbh<\/p>\n

the natural consequence of D’s act? And<\/p>\n

(2) Did the D<\/p>\n

foresee this?<\/p>\n

If yes to both<\/p>\n

questions, then can infer intention (HL).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

R<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Hancock and Shankland<\/i> (1986)<\/td>\n

D’s threw concrete<\/p>\n

block on to motorway<\/td>\n

Intended to block<\/p>\n

the road used by non-striking miners<\/td>\n

Death of taxi driver<\/td>\nThe greater the<\/p>\n

probability of a consequence occurring, the more likely it was foreseen,<\/p>\n

and the more likely it was foreseen the more likely it was intended.<\/p>\n

Foresight of<\/p>\n

consequences is only evidence<\/i> of intention (HL).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Case\/Statute<\/strong><\/td>\nGuilty Act<\/strong><\/td>\nPurpose<\/strong><\/td>\nUndesired Consequence<\/strong><\/td>\nDecision<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Nedrick<\/i> (1986)<\/td>\n

D put petrol bomb<\/p>\n

through letterbox<\/td>\n

D wanted to frighten<\/p>\n

the owner of the house<\/td>\n

Child burned to<\/p>\n

death<\/td>\n

If jury satisfied<\/p>\n

that D recognised that death or sbh would be a virtually certain result<\/p>\n

of his act, then they may<\/i> infer that D intended to cause that result, but not<\/p>\n

obliged to do so (CA).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

R<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Scalley<\/i> (1995)<\/td>\n

D set fire to a<\/p>\n

house<\/td>\n

To destroy flat<\/td>\nDeath of child<\/td>\nJudge failed to<\/p>\n

explain that if jury satisfied that D did see death or serious injury as<\/p>\n

virtually certain, then could<\/i> infer intention but did not have to<\/i> (CA).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

R<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i> v Woollin<\/i> (1998)<\/td>\n

Lost temper and<\/p>\n

threw baby onto hard surface<\/td>\n

Frustration at baby<\/p>\n

crying<\/td>\n

Death of baby<\/td>\nJury should be<\/p>\n

directed according to the Nedrick<\/i> “virtual certainty” test to find intention.<\/p>\n

Substantial risk is not<\/i> enough (HL).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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