Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Constructive
manslaughter
- There must be an
unlawful act (crime)
- Larkin
- razor
- Ariobeke
- trains -
assault
- Newbury
and Jones
- trains -
criminal
damage
- The act must
be dangerous
- Church
- river
- guilty of constructive
manslaughter as she died as
a result of his dangerous act
- Dawson
- burglar in house
- 87 year old man - should
age be considered? Or
health and condition of V? If
D knows about either, he'd
know there might be a risk.
- Found not guilty as it
couldn't be proved if D
caused the heart attack or
the arrival of the police.
- Watson
- burglary in
garage
- Found not guilty
- Jury was told the V
had a heart
condition
- Newbury
and Jones
- Bristow
(2013)
- burglar
in
garage
- Found guilty as forensic
evidence proved that V was
hit by car(s) driven by D
- Joint enterprise meant they were all found guilty
- A death must occur as a result
- Dalby
- drugs
- Found not guilty as court
said the unlawful and
dangerous act should be
directed at V
- Mitchell
- set the
precedent
- no need for direction at
V, could be somebody
else.
- post
office
- Goodfellow
- council
house
- this developed the law further: there was no need for
the unlawful and dangerous act to be directed at a
human being - could be an inanimate object too.