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Here we need to make a distinction between intention and outcome. If you had evil intentions and attempted to act upon it but ended up helping someone instead, it doesn't change the fact that you had evil intentions. The good thing is that no one was harmed---they were actually helped. But a problem remains: you likely still have evil intentions, and there is a chance that it will be worsened by your unintended outcome.
The good outcome will be good insofar as it benefits the recipient, regardless of your intention. You will still be burdened the evil intent, however. It will be yours still to deal with, and so that hasn't changed.
On the other hand, if you try to help someone but something terrible happens, it will cause misery to the recipient and you alike. This is something that you both will need to deal with regardless of your intention. If you remain positive and compassionate, you can work through the situation, but no matter how well-meaning you were, a terrible outcome is a terrible outcome. It should not be avoided or ignored.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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