Cases

• Woolin

  • D threw baby towards pram next to wall
  • Baby suffered head injuries and died
  • Consequence was foreseeable as it was a virtual certainty
• Cunningham

  • D tore gas meter from wall to steal money from it
  • Neighbour affected by gas leak
  • Not guilty as he didn't realise the risk (not reckless)
• Gnango

  Two men shooting at each other and one shot a passer by, killing her

  D guilty of her murder under principle of transferred malice
• Church (1965)


  D knocked a women out and put her in a river assuming she was dead

  She drowned and D was guilty of manslaughter as MR and AR were present
• Fagan v Met Police Commissioner


  Fagan drove over policeman's foot without realising

  Policeman told fagan but he did remove his car until after being asked several times

  Guilty of assault as there was AR and MR came later as he continued