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Murder - Coggle Diagram
Murder
''Murder is when man of sound memory and of the age of discretion unlawfully killeth within any county of the realm any reasonable creature under the King's Peace, with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied by the law, so as the party wounded, die of the wound within a year and a day after the same''
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''within any county''- murder by UK citizen can be tried in the UK, as will murder committed on a British aircraft
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Chain of Causation
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The chain of causation must not be broken; it must link the defendants actions to the outcome or result
Mens Rea of Murder
Mens Rea of Murder- The offence of murder requirs proof of the intention to kill or the intention to cause GBH
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Indirect Intent- defendant did not intend to cause death but was probable as a consquence of their action
Actus Reus of Murder
Actus Reus of Murder- any action or conduct which causes death, must cause the death of a human being
An unborn baby cannot be a victim of murder as it is not classed as a 'human being' which is due to allow abortion laws
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