Loss of control

Cards (21)

  • What section states that the loss of control need not be sudden?
    S54(2)
  • What section refers to the fear trigger?
    S55(3)
  • What section refers to the anger trigger?
    s55(4)
  • What section refers to the exclusion of revenge?
    s54(4)
  • What section refers to the limitations on qualifying triggers?
    s55(6)
  • Give a case for loss of self-control
    Jewell
  • What happened in jewell?
    D shot V at point blank range using a shotgun and fled the scene.
  • Give a case for the fear trigger
    Ward
  • What happened in Ward?
    D killed V after V had attacked D's brother
  • Give a case for the anger trigger
    Zebedee
  • What happened in Zebedee?
    D lost control when his 94-year-old father, who had Alzheimer's, repeatedly soiled himself.
  • Give a case for sexual infidelity
    Clinton
  • What happened in Clinton?
    V told D she was having an affair and taunted him saying that she had slept with five men and gave graphic details
  • Give a case for Incitement
    Dawes
  • What happened in Dawes?
    D found his wife and V asleep with their legs entwined.
  • Give a case for the Normal person Test-> Circumstances of the defendant
    Rejmanski
  • What happened in Rejmanski?
    Former soldier killed V, who made negative comments to him about his military service.
  • Give a case for the normal person test-> Voluntary intoxication
    Asmelash
  • What happened in Asmelash?
    D claimed V was abusive which made D so angry he lost control and killed V.
  • Give a case for the normal person test -> Might have reacted in the same or similar way to D
    Christian
  • What happened in Christian?
    D stabbed two victims to death during an altercation in their shared living accommodation about the temperature of the water in the communal shower.