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R v Woolin (1997)

Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006

This case ([1997] 4 All ER 103) is (at the time of writing) the most recent considered by the House of Lords on the vexed question of what consitutes Intention in murder. Mr Woolin killed his baby son in a fit of anger, by throwing him on a hard surface. The trial judge -- as often happens in these cases -- took a broad view of intention, directing the jury that they could infer that Woolin intended to kill his son if there was a `substantial risk' of serious injury. Accordingly he was convicted of murder. The Court of Appeal upheld this conviction, arguing that the principle of RVNeddrick1986 was too restrictive, and that the jury should be able to infer intention from all the facts of the case. The House of Lords, however, converted the conviction to manslaughter, upholding the Neddrick principle.

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