In a murder case where the Crown advances alternative mechanisms of death, the jury need not be unanimous as to the precise mechanism provided they are unanimously satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the accused caused the death with the requisite intent. Evidence of an accused's previous acts of hostility towards the victim is legitimately used to prove intent in homicide cases, and a direction that the accused is on trial for murder and not for domestic violence may be sufficient without further elaboration on propensity reasoning, particularly where no further direction was sought at trial.
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