Mens Rea

• R v Mohan - Direct intent

  The defendant accelerated his car towards a police officer causing the victim to jump out of the way
• R v Woolin - Oblique intent - virtually certain test

  D lost his temper with his 3-month-old baby and threw the baby across the room, fracturing the baby's skull which killed the baby
• R v Matthews Alleyne - the virtual certainty test does not constitute intention but is something from which intention can be inferred.
• R v Cunningham - Recklessness

  while attempting to steal money from gas meters, the defendant caused gas leaks endangering another individual's life