Where multiple co-offenders each commit a distinct offence of burglary by their own separate acts of entry, s 7(1)(c) of the Criminal Code (Qld) cannot be used to attribute one offender's violence as a circumstance of aggravation of another offender's offence. The broader question whether s 7(1)(c) can ever be used to prove a circumstance of aggravation of burglary remains open.
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