A murder conviction was correct on a joint charge where the defendant was found to have encouraged and arranged it. The jury do not have to be sure which defendant in fact killed provided they are sure that both were there pursuant to a joint enterprise to kill or cause grievous bodily harm. If what occurred was within the ambit of the joint enterprise and the other elements of the offence are made out, then both are guilty, although only one had physically killed.
Citations:
Times 19-Jul-1996, [1997] 1 Cr App R 1, [1996] EWCA Crim 1805
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Teiko David Jamel Furbert and Sheldon Eugenio Franks v The Queen PC 23-Mar-2000
PC (Bermuda) The appellants challenged their conviction for murder. Evidence had been admitted of informal and unadmitted conversations with police officers after charge, with the officers notebooks put before . .
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Crime
Updated: 08 October 2022; Ref: scu.86692
