Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

66.   Punishment where different crime is committed

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    Where an accomplice—

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      (a)     aids and abets a particular crime; or

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      (b)     aids and abets a crime against or in respect of a particular person or thing, and

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    the person aided and abetted actually commits a different crime or commits the crime against or in respect of a different person or thing in a manner different from that which was aided and abetted by him or her, the accomplice shall—

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      (i)     if it appears that the crime actually committed was not a probable consequence of the endeavours to commit or was not substantially the same as the crime which he or she intended to aid and abet, be punishable for the crime which he or she intended to aid and abet in the manner provided in this Part for a crime which is not actually committed, or

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      (ii)     in any other case, he or she shall be deemed to have aided and abetted the crime which was actually committed, and shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Part.