Direct and oblique intent

• Direct intent 


  the type of intention where it is D's aim or purpose, or desire, to do something or to cause a certain result
• Oblique intent 


  where it is not D's aim or purpose to bring about a prohibited result, but he foresees that result as virtually certain to occur as a result of his actions.
• Mohan 


  Direct intent - motive not intention is crucial in determining a defendants guilt in crime
• Hancock and Shankland

  ‘decision to bring about …. the prohibited consequence’, ‘natural and probable’

  defendant may have oblique or direct intent because there can be situations where the defendant does not necessarily design outcome
• Cunningham

  recklessness (defendant foresaw the risk but proceeded with the act anyway)
• Woollin

  oblique intent (reasonably foreseeable consequence, outcome is virtually certain)
• Matthew’s and Alleyne


  victim was ‘virtually certain’ to die or suffer serious harm
• Nedrick 


  Virtual certainty