Mens rea is often established through circumstantial evidence.
Repeatedly doing something that results in a specific outcome, even if that outcome is not explicitly specified or requested as the preferred outcome, can still be evidence of intent.
Repeatedly doing something that results in a specific outcome, even if that outcome is not explicitly specified or requested as the preferred outcome, can still be evidence of intent.
But really, the point is that you don’t necessarily need someone to say “I meant to do this”. “Intent”, as with a lot of things in law, isn’t as straightforward as it is in everyday conversation.