... states oblique intention as 'a jury is entitled to find that the accused intended the consequences of his action if the consequence was a virtual certainty and the accused recognised it as such'. This is where the term foresight comes into effect, which I will expand on later in my paper. Jefferson specifically focuses on Moloney and subsequent cases, where the evidence did not point to an intention to commit murder, but resulted in the death of the defendants' victims. Each of the cases reviewed the consequences of the defendants' actions in relation to how foreseeable the outcome was at the time the specific act was carried out. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse both Jefferson's statement, and the English legal system in relation to oblique intent. To assist me in my critical analysis, I will be reviewing the 5 leading cases that Jefferson effectively refers to, namely Moloney, ...

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