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Murder - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The human being had to have been a living human being
      - The common law does not extend to the unborn - the court confirmed that the victim had to have been living at the time that murder happened.
      - Hydrostatic test: where one placed in water, would the lung float?
      - To be considered as born alive, one had to have breathed, have an independent blood circulation and to have been expelled from the mothers body.
  - - - Suicide or attempted suicide is not a crime.
      - If one assists or puts a person in a position to commit suicide it, is criminal.
      - Such conduct could result in murder, attempted murder or culpable homicide.
      - Consent by person committing suicide is not a valid defence.