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Notwithstanding the fraud act, you also have the Criminal Attempts Act
www.legislation.gov.uk
But these are already covered by Fraud.
Going back to your Murder example, depending on the circumstances you have:
1. Murder (someone else killed him but you were part of the attack group - joint enterprise)
2. Attempted Murder (didn't know he was dead, but attempted to kill him)
3. knew he was dead - I think Corpse desecration is an offence, but I can't find anything to back that up.
Criminal Attempts Act 1981
An Act to amend the law of England and Wales as to attempts to commit offences and as to cases of conspiring to commit offences which, in the circumstances, cannot be committed; to repeal the provisions of section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 which apply to suspected persons and reputed thieves...
A person may be guilty of attempting to commit an offence to which this section applies even though the facts are such that the commission of the offence is impossible.
But these are already covered by Fraud.
Going back to your Murder example, depending on the circumstances you have:
1. Murder (someone else killed him but you were part of the attack group - joint enterprise)
2. Attempted Murder (didn't know he was dead, but attempted to kill him)
3. knew he was dead - I think Corpse desecration is an offence, but I can't find anything to back that up.
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