The guilty thought. There are two types of intent, direct and indirect/oblique. Direct intent is when to set out to do something and know what the consequeces will be (e.g. stabbing a person could lead to them seriously injured). Indirect/oblique intent is where the consequences have not been thought through properly. A case in R v Woollin - where he threw the baby towards the cot, but missed and hit the wall killing the baby. He had successfully thrown the baby into the cot before.
Recklessness reqires the D appreciated his/her actions would create and unjustified result. A case in R v Cunningham - where during a pub fight the D repeatedly hit the V with a chair, killing the V.
Transferred malice is where the D sets out to do something (e.g punch someone), if he hit the wrong person, it is transferred mailce, as they have gone throught with the act. R v Latimer - during a argument Latimer swung his belt at someone, missed and hit someone else near by.
However, if the intended damage is done to something else (e.g. throwing a stone at a window, but hitting a person) then there is no transferred malice as shwon in R v Pembliton where the D threw a stone at a group of men he had been fighting, missed and broke a window behind them.
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