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Murder

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Murder is the unlawful killing of a reasonable person in being and under the king’s peace with malice of aforethought expressed on implied

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Voluntary manslaughter

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Defence to murder - killing was carried out when the D was suffering from loss of control or diminished responsibility

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Loss of control

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  • the defendant acts and omission or being a party of the killing resulted from LOC
  • has a qualifying trigger
  • same sex and age might have reacted in the similar way as the D
  • reduces offence of murder to man slaughter
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