‘The net for potential accessories present at the scene of a crime is cast far wider than is often first appreciated. That is particularly so where a permissible inference of encouragement applies.’
Mountford Chambers, 21st September 2023
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘Two brothers have been jailed for life for murdering a convicted sex offender.’
BBC News, 5th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 23-year-old man has been convicted of murder after stabbing a father-of-three at a busy shopping centre.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 22 months for helping the convicted murderer Thomas Cashman after he fatally shot nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who stabbed, smothered and strangled his girlfriend has been jailed alongside his mother, who helped him try to cover up his crime.’
BBC News, 8th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for more than 14 years over a stabbing that left a man blind in one eye and with a collapsed lung.’
BBC News, 16th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a father-of-two who was fatally stabbed.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rebecca Hill provides her Corporate Crime analysis for Lexis Nexis PSL: The Court of Appeal considered the safety of the conviction of Abdurahman who had assisted one of the 21/7 London bombers after the event. It reaffirmed that its purpose is to objectively appraise the safety of a conviction looking to all the circumstances, notwithstanding in this case a finding by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that Mr Abdurahman’s rights under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (right to a fair trial) had been breached.’
5 SAH, 3rd February 2020
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘A driver who left an Amazon delivery worker paralysed from the waist down by dragging him along a road for almost 100m has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 14th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who sent an intimate photo to her ex-boyfriend who then murdered the man pictured in the image in a fit of jealousy has been jailed for four months.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man and his female friend have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife and dumping her body in woodland.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men have today (May 19) been jailed for nine years for their part in a high-speed road race which left four people dead.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th May 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Regina v Nelson (Scott) and another [2016] EWCA Crim 1517
‘The defendants, S and N, were members of a gang. The police were on high alert on a housing estate because they were aware that the defendants’ gang might mount a revenge attack on a rival gang. S ran towards a police officer who shouted to him to stop but S pulled out a submachine gun and fired one shot which missed the police officer. S ran off and hid in a block of flats where he disposed of the gun but was eventually arrested. He pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, contrary to section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968. Following the shooting incident N had hidden the gun in the loft where it was found six months later. He was charged with possession of a prohibited firearm, contrary to section 5(1)(a) and (aba) of the 1968 Act, and assisting an offender, contrary to section 4(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1967. N applied for leave to appeal against conviction on the ground that the judge had erred in law in failing to direct the jury to consider the two counts which he faced as alternatives when they arose out of a single transaction.’
WLR Daily, 20th October 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The stepbrother of Becky Watts has been found guilty of murdering her during a sexually motivated kidnap plot.’
BBC News, 11th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life after shooting dead a mother-of-two in an attack that was intended to kill someone else.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who supplied a friend with the gas she used to kill herself has been cleared of assisting suicide.’
The Independent, 14th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed for 16 years for setting a trap which led to the “pitiless and wicked” murder of a professional gambler for the sake of his winnings.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A killer who dismembered his tenant’s body before stuffing it into a suitcase which he dumped into a canal has been found guilty of murder.’
BBC News, 9th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for murdering a teenage footballer by stabbing him in the neck with a broken bottle.’
BBC News, 20th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bigamist will serve at least 25 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering the second of his wives to cash in her life insurance and solve his financial problems.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024