Thando dislikes her lecturer, Mandy, intensely. She decides to murder Mandy by sending her a box of poisoned chocolates. Thando's idea is that Mandy will open the chocolates, eat them and that the chocolates will instantly cause her (Mandy's) death. Thando deviously gets Mandy's home address from another student and thus hands the chocolates to a courier, Clayton, with Mandy's home address on the package. she asks Clayton to deliver the chocolates to Mandy's address. Clayton swiftly reads the address and makes the delivery. Clayton, in his haste, delivers the chocolates to the wrong address, that of Tshiamo, who is Mandy's neighbour. Tshiamo gladly opens the chocolates, eats some of them and is killed instantly.

Fully discuss Thando's criminal liability regarding her actions against Mandy as well as Tshiamo with particular reference to the concept of aberratio ictus and any intention on Thando's behalf. (15 marks)

 

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Answer Thandos criminal liability in this scenario involves two aspects her actions against Mandy and her unintended consequences on Tshiamo The legal ... View the full answer