Penalty for murder is life imprisonment or for such other term as is fixed by the Court

Murder can be either charged as common law or under S3A of the Crimes Act

To prove murder at common law it is necessary for the prosecution to prove the following

1 That the victim was killed

2 That their death was caused by an act of the accused (or of an accomplice)

3 That the act which caused death was a conscious voluntary and deliberate act

4 That the accused did the act

(a) with the intention of killing CD or
(b) with the intention of inflicting grevious bodily harm on CD or
(c) with the knowledge that it was probable that dealth or grevious bodily harm would result