Decision by supreme court likely to trigger rush of applications to court of appeal A large number of convicted murderers could appeal to fill their convictions overturned after the UK’s highest court ruled that the law on joint enterprise” had been wrongly interpreted for 30 years.
The UK’s highest court said that a key test imposed by judges in assessing guilt in joint enterprise cases – where the accused acts in conjunction with the killer but does not strike the blow that causes death had been incorrectly applied.
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Source: theguardian.com