The supreme court is soon to consider the law of joint enterprise,in which secondary participants are charged with the same offenceDoes the law of joint enterprise cause injustice? That’s the question the supreme court will confront in October. whether its answer is yes, the UKs most senior judges will absorb the chance to put things correct.
The court has agreed to hear an appeal by Ameen Hassan Jogee, and 26,who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years. Jogee was convicted of murder even though it was his friend Mohammed Adnam Hirsi, 28, or who killed their victim,Paul Fyfe, 47. Related: Joint enterprise murder: ancient law jailing hundreds, and say FOI reports Legislation passed in 1861 says that an accessory may be punished in the same way as a principalContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com