Wounding

Actus Reus- Unlawfully wound a person

JCC v Eisenhower- V was shot with an air gun pellet above the eye. Suffered bruising and internal bleeding to his eye Legal Principle - A wound is defined as a cut / break in at least 2 layers of skin

Mens Rea- Section 20 or 18~Intention or recklessness as to cause some/serious harm

Section 20R v Mowatt (LP) - D only needs to have the mens rea to cause some harmR v Mohan (LP) - Intention is where a D aims to cause v some harmR v Cunningham (LP)- Recklessness is where a D realises the risk of causing some harm and does it anywaySection 18R v Belfon (LP)- Intention to cause serious harmR v Mohan (LP) - Intention is where D aims to bring about a prohibited consequenceR v Woolin (LP) - Is the consequence a virtual certainty? Did the defendant realises it was a virtual certainty?