... have to be the last act done/ word said before the killing. Cumulative provocation is allowed R V Humphries, the defendant had suffered a deprived childhood, developed anti-social behaviour and entered prostitution. Boyfriend taunted defendant after she cut her wrists. Defendant stabbed victim. Conviction was quashed on grounds of the entire history of the relationship having to be taken into account. Loss of self control asks was this due to the provocation? R V Duffy 1949, loss of self control must be sudden and temporary, so that the defendant is no longer the master of his own mind. A similar view was taken in cases such as R V Ibrams and Gregory, and R V Ahluwalia, where the CofA pointed out that the requirement was the reaction to the provocation had to be sudden but immediate, the longer the delay between the provocation and reaction the less likely the ...

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