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Zaman, Regina v: CACD 22 Jan 2010

The defendant appealed against his conviction for aiding an offender. He had pleaded guilty, but the principal offender had subsequently been acquitted of his alleged offences.
Held: The appeal failed. The section referred to the commission of an offence, and not to a conviction for that offence. There are several reasons why the conviction was not incompatible with a failure to convict a principal offender. The issue was whether the defendant believed at the time that the person he assisted was guilty of an offence.

Judges:

Lord Justice Maurice Kay, Mrs Justice Sharp and Sir Peter Cresswell

Citations:

[2010] EWCA Crim 209

Links:

Bailii, Times

Statutes:

Criminal Law Act 1967 4(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Crime

Updated: 14 August 2022; Ref: scu.401642

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