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D stabbed a pregnant woman with the intention of harming her alone. She then went into premature labour, her child being born alive. D pleaded guilty to wounding the woman with intent. Subsequently, her child died owing to its prematurity, and D was charged with murder Held D could be guilty of manslaughter but not murder. The requisite intent to be proved in the case of murder was an intention to kill or cause really serious bodily injury to the mother, the foetus before birth being viewed as an integral part of the mother. Such intention was appropriately modified in the case of manslaughter | Briefcase on Criminal Law Second Edition Julia Fionda LLB Hons PhD Lecturer in Law University of Southampton Michael J Bryant BA MA LLB LLM Harvard MPP Adjunct Professor University of Toronto Ontario Attorney General Critic Cavendish Publishing Limited London Sydney Briefcase on Criminal Law Second Edition Cavendish Publishing Limited London Sydney Titles in the series Commercial Law Company Law Constitutional and Administrative Law Contract Law Criminal Law Employment Law Equity and Trusts European Community Law Evidence Family Law Land Law Tort .