... easily definable as it relates to the everyday usage of the word intention, i.e. wanting a desired result. Lord Bridge illustrates this suitably in the following extract, 'The golden rule should be that, when directing a jury on the mental element necessary in a crime of specific intent, the judge should avoid any elaboration or paraphrase of what is meant by intent, and leave it to the jury's good sense to decide whether the accused acted with the necessary intent, unless the judge is convinced that, on the facts and having regard to the way the case has been presented to the jury in evidence and argument, some further explanation or elaboration is strictly necessary to avoid misunderstanding.'2 Lord Bridge states that the inference of intent should be left to the 'good sense' of the jury, this emphasises the point that in such cases the everyday meaning of the word should be ...

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