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Which person is an accomplice to the offence charged for purposes of witness evidence?

An accomplice is a culpable participant in the offence, for example someone who knowingly helps carry out a shared plan. A pretended participant who takes no culpable part,…

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Which person is an accomplice to the offence charged for purposes of witness evidence?

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An accomplice is a culpable participant in the offence, for example someone who knowingly helps carry out a shared plan.

A pretended participant who takes no culpable part, a passive observer and a person with only later knowledge do not meet that description.

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Option A

Knowingly helping to commit the charged offence makes this person a culpable participant.

Option B

The decoy only pretends to cooperate and takes no culpable part in the offence.

Option C

Mere observation supplies no participation in the offence.

Option D

Learning about an offence after it happened, without more, supplies no participation.

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