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Crimes Act 1900
270Accessories may be charged together in 1 indictment
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270 Accessories may be charged together in 1 indictment For any offence, any number of accessories to the offence, whether before or after the fact, may be charged with substantive offences in the same indictment, and be tried together, although the principal offender is not included in the indictment, or is not in custody or amenable to justice.