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1
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R v Crooks

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Knowledge means actual knowledge or belief in the sense of having no real doubt that the person assisted was a party to the relevant offence. Mere suspicion of their involvement in the offence is insufficient.

2
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R v Briggs

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As with a receiving charge, knowledge may also be inferred from wilful blindness or a deliberate abstention from making inquiries that would confirm the suspected truth.

3
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R v Mane

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To be considered an accessory the acts done by the person must be after the completion of the offence

4
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R v Gibbs

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the act done by the accessory must have helped the other person in some way to evade justice.

5
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R v Levy

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It was held that Levy had done a deliberate act in relation to the evidence against the offender for the purpose of assisting that offender to evade justice.