The mitigating effect of self-reporting to police is heavily qualified where the disclosure of the offender's own criminal conduct is incidental to reporting another person's offence against the offender's child, rather than being a truly voluntary disclosure motivated by conscience or remorse. The mitigating effect of provocation arising from a sudden loss of control is necessarily very limited where the ensuing attack is sustained and goes well beyond an instantaneous reaction.
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