Voluntary manslaughter cases

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Created on: 28-01-21 13:12

R v Jewell (2014)- Burden of proof.

The defendant killed the victim, a workmate, as a result of perceived intimidation by the victim. However, the defendant argued that he
was unable to sleep in the preceding days. In addition, he described his final acts as being done in a dream-like stat

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R v Ahluwalia [1992]- doesn't have to be sudden.

The appellant poured petrol and caustic soda on to her sleeping husband and then set fire to him. He died six days later from his injuries the husband
had been violent and abusive throughout the marriage. He was also having an affair. On the night of the

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R v Clinton (2012)-revenge doesn't count.

The appellant and his wife both suffered from depression for which they were on prescribed medication.She revealed to him that she was
having an affair.At the meeting he killed her by repeatedly beating her on the head with a wooden baton and strangled h

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R v Dawes (2013)- Initiated violence.

He went to his estranged wife’s house and found her asleep on the sofa with Graham Pethard. He awoke him and started punching him in the face and hitting him with a bottle. Pethard took the bottle off him and attacked him.he defendant then grabbed a knife

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R v Hatter (2013)- Relationship doesn't count.

Mark Hatter developed a relationship with Dawn Blackhouse. The relationship later phased out. He went to her house at midnight with a knife and climbed through an upstairs window. He claimed he had taken the knife to lift the carpets and had accidentally

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R v Ahluwalia [1992]- doesn't have to be sudden.

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R v Clinton (2012)-revenge doesn't count.

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R v Dawes (2013)- Initiated violence.

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R v Hatter (2013)- Relationship doesn't count.

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Voluntary manslaughter cases