Joint enterprise, also known as secondary liability, is a legal doctrine in the UK where two or more people can be held responsible for the same crime, even if only one person physically committed the criminal act.
Frank Ferguson, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “We have decided to prosecute two men for an offence under the National Security Act.
The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised two further charges, under the Biological Weapons Act 1974 and Terrorism Act 2000, against Axel Rudakubana.
Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised criminal charges against UK Athletics Limited and a 77-year-old man following the death of United Arab Emirates Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
