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A law which has allowed people to be convicted of murder even if they did not inflict the fatal blow has been wrongly interpreted for 30 years, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Joint enterprise law has been used to convict defendants if they "could" have foreseen that someone "might" intend to seriously harm or kill another person.
However, judges ruled it was wrong to treat "foresight" as a sufficient test.
The ruling could pave the way for hundreds of prisoners to seek appeals.
It came after a panel of five Supreme Court judges considered the case of Ameen Jogee, who was convicted under joint enterprise of the murder of former Leicestershire police officer Paul Fyfe in 2011.
The court heard that Jogee "egged on" his friend Mohammed Hirsi, who stabbed Mr Fyfe in the heart.
Both men were given life sentences for murder.
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