Under the doctrine, an individual can be jointly charged with the crime of another if the court decides they foresaw that the other party was likely to commit that crime and intended to encourage or assist them.
That landmark judgment was expected to lead to a reduction in joint enterprise prosecutions and convictions, but a 2022 report for the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies showed that it had no discernible effect...
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