Thabo Meli and Others v. Reginam
Privy Council
[1954] 1 All. Eng. Rep. 373
Relevant factsFree
Thabo Meli and others (defendants) lured a man to a hut and struck him on the head intending to kill him, but the blow only rendered him unconscious rather than killing him; believing him dead, the defendants rolled him down a hill to stage an accident, and he actually died from exposure while unconscious at the hill's base, with a post-mortem confirming the head blow itself was not fatal.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant may be found guilty of murder so long as he possessed the requisite mens rea during the commission of the crime.