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Fatal Offences - Coggle Diagram

- - - - actus reus
        
        unlawful killing
      - mens rea
        
        intended to kill or cause serious injury
  - - - 1997 act s38 abolished
  - - - R v Hallett knocked man unconcious in fight, left on beach drwons- tide a natural event - would need extra ordinary event to break chain of causation
      - R v Pagett used pregnant girlfriend as human shield, fired at police, killed in crossfire - his action main cause
      - Nette v the Queen robbed old lady, cloth wrapped around head - main cause of death if hadn't tied her up woudn't have died
    - - R v Smith fight on military base, stabbed with bayonet, dropped on way to medical, not proper medical treatment - at time of death original wound existed and the substantial cause of death
      - Ireland - substnatial replaced by minimal - Davies
      - R v Jordan wound almost healed, given drug allergic too - was medical intervention would have healed if not for drugs
      - DPP v Dunne, shot in coma for 2 years, pulled the plug, treatment lawful and proper, more than minimal
    - - R v Flynn fight, deceased goes to pub after, collapses after, better chance of survival if went to hospital straight away - but leading cause still rock thrown -
      - R v Blaue jehovah witness, take victim as you find them
    - - R v Boswell running from assailant, in fear of being hurt - reasonable fear
  - - - chandler v DPP
- - - - R v Wild kicked person once, victim died - no intention to cause serious harm but act unjustifiable - manslaughter
      - R v Holzer if serious injury required intention then that's murder
    - - crime objectively dangerous and intended to commit crime
      - People v Crosbie and Meehan produced a knife to frighten and intimidate - that is unlawful - not intended for self-defence
      - DPP v Horgan
    - - Dunleavy driving slowly without lights on wrong side of road - negligence must be of very high degree - any reasonable driver would realise fatality high degree of risk or likelihood of personal injury to others
      - DPP v Cullough fair ride in field, collpases, convicted for manslaughter - failed in duty owed to deceased
      - Joel v DPP objectively death caused by high degree of negligence - unjustifiable risk
      - england
        
        seymour - if create obvious and serious risk, no though about possibility of risk or recognise existence of such risk but nevertheless takes it