... in the lead. After half time, Swaniff City were clearly leading so John decided to release the flares. He points them to the Swaniff City fans, whom he hates passionately. One of the flares hits Pablo; John laughs and flees the scene. Pablo is eventually collected by an ambulance but due to the drivers careless driving, is involved in an accident. Another ambulance comes after a considerable amount of time and once at he arrives at the hospital, the staff is busy with another emergency hence not attending to Pablo immediately. Pablo loses a lot of blood and goes into shock. He suffers from cardiac arrest and after attempts to resuscitate him, he dies. At the autopsy it is found that Pablo had an undiagnosed heart defect. The question asks did John kill Pablo? In order to answer this we will now look at the actus reus, mens rea and ...

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