SUDAN GOVERNMENT V. MOHAMMED HAMMID A struck Z unconscious, tried to revive him in vain, believing him to be dead he threw him into a well in order to screen himself, as a result of which Z died, clearly A’s intention...
THABO MELLI V. R The appellants struck a man with intents to kill him believing him dead when he was only unconscious they rolled him over a cliff in order to make his death appear accidental, he died from subsequent exposure....
R V. MBA The appeal was allowed from a conviction for publishing defamatory matter, knowing it to be false, as there was no proof of such knowledge, the accused might well have believed his publication to be true. Hey there, you’re...
EDU V. COP A post office clerk gave the keys to a cage where parcels were to his assistants, contrary to departmental instructions and a parcel was lost. It was enough to uphold his conviction that he was aware of his...
NUNGU V. R The accused aimed a blow at his brother with a heavily weighted axe, but turned away the cutting edge of the blade and struck him only with the wooden shaft. The brother still died. The court accepted that...
R V. STEANE The accused, the British subject, had broadcast for the Germans during the second world war, his purpose apparently being to save his wife and children from a concentration camp. After the war he was convicted of “an act...
HYAM V. D.P.P Dealing with intention in cases of murder, the House of Lords held that an act to intentionally cause death of grievous bodily harm if the accused deliberately and intentionally did an act knowing that death or grievous bodily...
R V. NWAOKE The accused pointed a juju called “onye uku” at the deceased who owed him money and said if the he(the deceased) refused to pay him the money he was owing him(accused) the juju will kill him or he...
R V. UKO Defines possession through an accomplice, inhaling possession for the purpose of the law even though another person has actual possession of the thing in question. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer my Questions)...
AREH V. C.O.P in this case a conviction was quashed because the prosecution had failed to prove that the place where the alleged offence occurred –warri General Hospita- was a public place “when certain elements constitute an offence, they must be...
