Raising the Bar: Loss of Control and the Qualifying Triggers

摘要

John Zebedee (Z), 55, was charged with the murder of his 94-year-old father (H). H suffered from senile dementia and was doubly incontinent; however, the family was determined that he be cared for at home. H lived with Z's sister in Northampton, but Z visited every weekend, and one week every five weeks, to help out. One night, during one of those weeks, Z killed H by punching and strangling him. Z did not deny the killing, but relied, inter alia, on loss of control.