Loss of control cases (vol)

Question 1

Clinton, Parker and Evans

Answer 1

Facts: all 3 killed their wives

Ratio: sexual infidelity is not covered

Question 2

R v Jewell

Answer 2

Facts: d shot former colleague

Ratio: planned execution, not a loss

Question 3

Barnsdale and Quean

Answer 3

Facts: strangled wife then used a knife to inflict superficial wounds to his abdomen, face and arms

Ratio: did not require surgery and suffered no defensive wounds

Question 4

R v workman

Answer 4

Facts: d stabbed his wife to death

Ratio: insufficient evidence to put the defence to the court and therefore murder conviction upheld

Question 5

R v Dawes

Answer 5

Facts: d pinched and hit v with a bottle. D claimed v attacked him and then he fatally stabbed v

Ratio: no evidence of loss of control, only that he was angry

Question 6

R v Ward

Answer 6

Facts: d killed v who had previously attacked his brother

Ratio: jury accepted that d has lost self control due to serious violence issued by v

Question 7

R v lodge

Answer 7

Facts: v’s attacked d with baseball bat d lost self control and killed them

Ratio: jury accepted that d lost self control due to serious violence from v