Can an accessory to a criminal be found guilty of perverting the course of justice for his own benefit?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Bedi, 2016 BCSC 1930 (CanLII):
Acts undertaken by the accessory for his own benefit, such as to divert suspicion from himself, without regard to what would happen to the principal offender, would not constitute this necessary purpose: Morris v. The Queen, 1979 CanLII 243 (SCC), [1979] 2 S.C.R. 1041.
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