12. Unlawful Act Manslaughter 0.0 / 5 ? LawCriminal lawA2/A-levelAQA Created by: k59533Created on: 10-01-23 10:42 Introduction to UAM D doesn't have malice aforethought so may be guilty of involuntary manslaughter. 1 of 11 Elements 1. Unlawful criminal act 2. Dangerous 3. Cause death 4. Mens rea for unlawful act 2 of 11 Lamb There must be an unlawful criminal act. 3 of 11 Lowe An omission is not enough. 4 of 11 Franklin It cannot be a civil wrong. 5 of 11 Goodfellow Doesn't have to be aimed at the victim. 6 of 11 Church All sober and reasonable people would inevitably recognise must subject the other person to the risk of some physical harm, albeit not serious harm. 7 of 11 DPP v Newbury and Jones Dangerousness test not subjective. 8 of 11 Dawson Watson Dangerousness takes into account D's apparent age and health. 9 of 11 The unlawful act must cause death. But for (White) Sig. cont. (Pagett) Medical (Jordan) palpably wrong V's own acts (Roberts) if foreseeable Thin skull (Blaue) 10 of 11 D must have the mens rea for the original unlawful act. Main aim (Mohan) Realised risk but took it (Cunningham) Transferred malice (Latimer) 11 of 11
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