Accessory (legal term)

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In the criminal law of England and Wales, an accessory (~ 'participant') is a form of accomplices (~ 'participation') of a crime. The accessory must be distinguished from the principal ('main offender'; also perpetrator ). A principal is someone who, even with a naturalistic-formal approach, directly commits the act of execution. The actus reus des Accesory consists in “helping” another (“aid”), “encouraging” (“abet”), “advising” (“counsel”) or “enabling” the act (“procure “), Without being a perpetrator himself (see 8 Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 ). The criminal liability for accessory is fully accessory to the main offense (derivative liability). In principle, the accessory is punished like the principal .

literature

  • Nicola Padfield: Criminal law . 7th edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-958204-4 , 6. Accomplices — Principals and accessories.