Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

986.   Verdict where offence causing specific result charged

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    (1)   At the trial on indictment of a person charged with an offence of which the causing of some specific result is an element, he or she may be convicted of any offence which is established by the evidence, and of which an intent to cause that result, or a result of a similar but less injurious nature, is an element.

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    (2)   At the trial on indictment of a person charged with an offence of which an intent to cause some specific result is an element, he or she may be convicted of any offence which is established by the evidence, and of which the unlawful causing of that result is an element.