Rex v Enyaju and Another
Rex v Enyaju and Another (Criminal Appeals Nos. 15 and 16 of 1945) [1945] EACA 8 (1 January 1945)
Both appellants inflicted inevitably fatal injuries on the deceased while he was still alive, each with the intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm. Medical evidence established that either injury alone would have caused death. The court held that each person who inflicts such an injury on a living person is guilty of murder, regardless of subsequent assaults. The doctrine of common intention was considered but not relied upon for the decision. The appeals were dismissed as the findings of the trial court were reasonable and supported by evidence.
Source excerpt
- Murder
- Malice Aforethought
- Fatal Injury
- Joint Liability
- Common Intention