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Originally Posted by MattyC
When does intention take affect? If I read it right and the woman seems to have pushed the knife into him by accident, if he was to die in that scenario it would be manslaughter.
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Actually, in these circumstances, it would depend. If the woman was brandishing the knife was an unlawful act (or was part of an unlawful act) [for example, she was threatening him with it], then she would likely be guilty of manslaughter. If, on the other hand, she was just holding the knife to cut carrots in the kitchen, then she wouldn't be guilty of any criminal offence at all.