Tory MP Says Joint Enterprise in Murder Cases ‘Doesn’t Go Far Enough’

Published on February 5, 2024

A Conservative MP has told a debate in Parliament on the law of joint enterprise murder that it “doesn’t actually go far enough” as the government indicated it would oppose a private member’s bill. Joint enterprise is a 300-year-old legal principle which states that if a group set out on a course of action—for example murder—then they are all equally guilty of that crime, even if only one of them stabs or shoots the victim. Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, has tabled a private member’s bill in Parliament which would restrict the circumstances in which the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) could use joint enterprise to bring murder charges....

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