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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Only if the charge is taking physical possesion of the money.
The accomplices are normally charged with other crimes, such as aiding, or conspiracy etc.
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Unless the law in England is
completely different from that in Scotland groups of people acting together for a common illegal goal are charged together. As it's sometimes put
"You fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows"
It's not what I think, it's what I know happens.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
CPS weighs up the evidence (which lets face it, they have and you do not), and decides what way forward would get the best result (ie highest punishment with highest chance of conviction)
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Funnily enough quite a few of the English coppers I know (who DO have intimate knowledge of the evidence) think the CPS are only interested in the highest conviction level, punishment doesn't concern them. If they can get a plea then in 99% of the cases they'll take it.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
You may recall those gurkhas I mentioned in a previous thread, who chased a teenage boy and kicked him to death.
None of them were convicted of murder because it could not be proven which one killed the boy.
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Whilst I don't know the exact legal definition of Murder in England and Wales I'd assume it's pretty similar to the Scottish one. From that and what I recall of the case they could very easily of been competently convicted of murder.