The defendants appealed against their convictions for conspiracy to aid an abet a fraud under the 1977 Act.
Held: The appeal succeeded. There was no offence of conspiracy in the form alleged namely to aid and abet, since aiding and abetting were not a statutory conspiracy within the 1977 Act. The appellants were wholesalers and therefore too remote from the ultimate fraudulent use of their products to be guilty of conspiring to aid and abet, even if such an offence existed.
Judges:
Hodgson J
Citations:
[1985] 1 All ER 850
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Regina v Hollinshead; Dettlaff, Griffiths HL 2-Jan-1985
The defendants had manufactured boxes whose sole purpose would be to reverse electricity meters. The prosecutor appealed against their acquittal by the CACD on the basis that the offence of conspiracy to aid and abet did not exist, since aiding and . .
Cited – Regina v Kenning, Blackshaw, Fenwick CACD 24-Jun-2008
The defendants appealed against their convictions for conspiracy to aid and abet the production of drugs. They sold materials which could be used for the growing of cannabis, but exhibited a notice warning customers against this. They told . .
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Crime
Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.278580
