Regina v Winter: CACD 28 Nov 2007

The defendant appealed his convictions for soliciting murder of his wife. He was said to have asked another to assist in her proposed killing by providing an alibi while a third party committed the act. He said that the law did not include soliciting a person to commit murder as a secondary, as opposed to a principal party.
Held: The section was wide enough to allow the conviction. A murder can be committed by several people, some of whom might play no part in the actual killing.

Judges:

Gage LJ, Underhill LJ, Sir Christopher Holland

Citations:

Times 20-Dec-2007

Statutes:

Offences against the Persons Act 1861 4

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Crime

Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.262985