R+v+Le+Brun

Facts
The defendant struck his wife during an argument outside their house, leaving her unconscious. He then tried to drag her inside, hitting her head on the pavement. The wife's skull was fractured and she died.

Held
In attempting to drag his unconscious wife indoors, the defendant was either trying to conceal his initial assault on her, or forcing her to enter the house against her wishes. The trial judge directed the jury to acquit if they concluded the Le Brun had been trying to help his wife when he moved her.

The Court of Appeal agreed with the trial judge's direction stating that he had the defendant been moving his wife in order to help her, this would have broken the essential nexus between the two incidents.