Mens Rea

The two levels of men rea are

• Intention

  Act

• Recklessness

  Act

• Recklessness

  Intention

The case which give the legal principle of intention is

• R v Cunningham

• R v Woollin

• R v Green

R v Cunningham (1957) provides a legal principle for recklessness. What are the facts

• The defendant tore a gas meter from a wall of an empty house and it causes issues to a neighbour

• A homeless person set fire to a house and simply ignore it and moved rooms

• A man used his girlfriend as shield whilst being shot at

Strict Liability Offences mean you do not have the prove

• Causation

• Mens rea

• Actus Reus

? v R is case which highlights that actus reus and mens rea must be present

Harrow v London Borough Council v Shah (1999) is a strict liability offence about

• Selling lottery tickets

• Selling wine

• Selling cigarettes