Aiding and Abetting: Convictions
Commons · Question 33638 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Juliet Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people tried under joint enterprise are successfully convicted.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 3 Mar 2025
Joint enterprise is not a specific criminal offence. It is a common law doctrine which can apply in situations where two or more individuals have a common purpose to commit a criminal offence. No data is therefore available on either the average sentence ...