A protracted attack involving the gathering of binding materials from different locations in a house, transportation of the victim, and application of a belt to the neck is inconsistent with a sudden loss of control for the purposes of the defence of provocation, even where the alleged provocation involved a sexual assault. A momentary touching of the accused's buttocks over clothing does not constitute provocation capable of causing an ordinary person to lose self-control and inflict the kind of sustained, severe violence involved in this case.
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