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 abetting was not a statutory offence with the 1977 Act.
Held: The appeal succeeded. The House reserved the question of whether there could be a conspiracy to aid and abet, since it was sufficient to find them guilty of such a conspiracy at common law. The offence at common law and the statutory offence of conspiracy are mutually exclusive.
Judges:
Roskill L
Citations:
[1985] AC 975, [1985] 3 WLR 159, [1985] 1 All ER 850
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Regina v Hollinshead CACD 1985
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 . .
Cited by:
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 . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Crime
Updated: 21 July 2022; Ref: scu.278581