Judges have been misinterpreting a law for 30 years meaning thousands could walk free

The first defendants in a murder trial have walked free from Britain's most famous criminal court following the shock ruling on joint enterprise law.

Judges have been misinterpreting a law for 30 years meaning thousands could walk free

The first defendants in a murder trial have walked free from Britain's most famous criminal court following the shock ruling on joint enterprise law.

On Thursday February 18, the Supreme Court found that trial judges had been wrongly interpreting the law for 30 years over co-defendants in murder cases who did not strike the killer blow.

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