Without serious intention heartless judge finds victim (8)

I believe the answer is:

casualty

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'victim' is the definition.
(I know that victim can be written as casualty)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for casualty that I've seen before include "Wounded victim" , "Show on TV" , "Person injured in war or accident" , "a person getting injured" , "Person injured in accident, or thing destroyed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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