Interaction of actus reus and mens rea

Strict liability offences 

• Require no mens rea beyond voluntariness as to the conduct element e.g. driving when over prescribed alcohol limit
• D need not intend, forese, or negligently miss circumstances to be liable 

Strict liability elements

• Where no mens rea is required to a certain element, this is strict liability element 
• e.g. causing V (child) to watch a sexual act, there's a number of mens rea requirements but the strict liability element is that if V is under 13, it's irrelevant if D foresaw that risk/should've foreseen it or had no way of knowing 

• e.g. to be liable for theft, D must appropriate the property of another (AR) dishonestly and with the intention to permanently deprive V of that property (mens rea), the requirement that D must 'intend to permanently derpive V' is a ulterior mens rea requirement 
• D must intend to do it but whether D actually permanently deprives V is irrelevant