Voluntary Manslaughter

Question 1

s.54 Coroners and Justice Act (1)

Answer 1

Where a person kills or is a party to the killing of another, the person is not to be convicted of murder if…

Question 2

s.54 Coroners and Justice act (1) (a)

Answer 2

The killing resulted from a loss of control

Question 3

s.54 Coroners and Justice act (1) (b)

Answer 3

The loss of self-control had a qualifying trigger

Question 4

s.54 Coroners and Justice act (1) (c)

Answer 4

A person of D’s sex and age, with a normal degree of tolerance and self-restraint and in the circumstances of D, might have reacted in the same or similar way

Question 5

s.54 (2)

Answer 5

Does not matter whether or not the loss of control was sudden

Question 6

D had a 12-hour cooling off period before shooting V with a shotgun case

Answer 6

R v Jewell

Question 7

s.55 (3)

Answer 7

D’s fear of serious violence

Question 8

s.55 (4)

Answer 8

Things said and done

Question 9

Two types of things done and said

Answer 9

(a) of an extremely grave character

(b) D had a justifiable sense of being seriously wronged