GBH s18 cases Flashcards
Moloney
D and step father were in a challenge to see who could load, draw and shoot a gun the fastest. D shot step father, killing him.
Nedrick
D went to Vs house in the middle of the night and poured paraffin through her letterbox and set light to it. A child died in the fire.
Woollin
D threw his three month old baby towards the pram but missed and the baby hit the wall, suffered a fractured skull and died.
“Must have realised and appreciated when he threw that child that there was a substantial risk that he would cause serious injury to it, then it would be open to you to find that he intended to cause injury to the child and you should convict him of murder”.
Morrison
A police officer seized hold of D and told him that she was arresting him. He dived through a window, dragging her with him as far as the window so that her face was badly cut by the glass.
Court of appeal held that as the word “maliciously” is used in respect of this part of the section it must have the same meaning as in Cunningham. This means that the prosecution must prove that the defendant either intended unhurt or realised there was a risk of injury and took that risk.
Rowe
Intentionally inflicting GBH by transmitting HIV
