This may lead to expert evidence from forensic scientists, to deal with DNA deposits, blood spatter pattern distribution, fingerprints and footprints, and other evidence which can assist the Court in deciding who did what in the murder case, and how they did it. There will often be extensive evidence from Scenes of Crimes Officers (SOCOs or, these days, Crime Scene Investigators or CSIs) dealing with the forensic findings at the scene of the crime. Murder trials usually raise complex issues of evidence. After that all hearings will be before the Crown Court, with cases managed by specially ticketed Crown Court judges, or even High Court judges (so-called “Red Judges”, because of the colour of their robes). Murder cases must be tried at the Crown Court before a judge and jury, after one appearance before the local Magistrates’ Court the case will be sent directly to the Crown Court. It is important to have an experienced representative in murder interviews and we at Conspiracy Solicitor recognise the need for this. Less than careful handling of the interviews and the response to questioning can lead to difficulties at trial. In serious investigations such as these the police will be carefully planning everything they do and will carefully manage the information they provide. Representing a suspect accused of murder is a specialist skill. A key difference is that with manslaughter, a partial defence applies which can either be diminished responsibility, loss of control or if it was a suicide pact. The law distinguishes murder and manslaughter by how culpable the person in question is, as well as their intention at the time of the killing. The distinction between the two comes down to whether the death of the person was caused intentionally, recklessly, or accidentally. Murder and manslaughter are two of the most severe offences you can be charged with.
What is the difference between murder and manslaughter in the UK? For this to be proven, the prosecution must demonstrate with direct or circumstantial evidence that these people were working together in ‘agreement’ with the intention to murder or cause severe injury. What is conspiracy to murder?Ĭonspiracy to murder is when two or more people agree to a plan that will result in the unlawful killing of another person. Typically, a conspiracy to murder sentence will be a life sentence so it is essential you have a team of experienced conspiracy to murder solicitors to support you throughout the investigation. Such cases are often highly complex.Ĭonspiracy to commit murder is a serious offence and if found guilty you will face a heavy penalty. If a group of people agree to hire a hitman to travel to and shoot another individual dead, that would amount to a conspiracy to murder even if the hitman is never contacted, or even if the hitman took the money but decided not to carry out the shooting. We’ve dealt with everything from street fights which go tragically wrong, to organised criminal conspiracies to execute gangland rivals with firearms, and robbery conspiracies which lead to multiple murders.Ī conspiracy to murder will usually involve a group of offenders who have agreed together to carry out a course of action which would result in the unlawful killing of another person. Murder is committed when a person of “sound mind” unlawfully kills another, with the intention either to kill or, more commonly, to cause grievous bodily harm (which means really serious harm).Ĭonspiracy Solicitors have conducted a multitude of murder cases over the years, several of which have been high-profile cases attracting extensive media attention. Murder is usually regarded as the most serious offence in the criminal law.
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