Read the facts of Moloney [1985] AC 905.
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... Moloney, the defendant, shot his stepfather, whom he loved, when, in the course of a drunken game to establish who was quicker 'on the draw' with loaded shotguns, he pulled the trigger in response to challenge. He did not realize that the gun was aimed, at point-blank range, at V's head. The defendant loaded his gun quicker, and after doing so, was dared by his stepfather to pull the trigger. He then proceeded to do so, and killed his stepfather as a result. He claimed that he "didn't aim the gun, I just pulled the trigger and he was dead". Moloney was convicted of murder but this was then changed to manslaughter after he appealed. In 1985, the House of Lords keeps the Court of Appeal's position after than Lord Bridge has posed two questions: "first, was death or really serious injury in a murder case...a natural consequence of the













