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Criminal Code Act 1983
10Death or serious harm caused in the course of violence of 2 or
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10 Death or serious harm caused in the course of violence of 2 or
more persons
When a person dies or is found to be dead or to have suffered
serious harm after 2 or more persons have used violence against
him or his person and it is proved that the death or serious harm
was caused as the result or in the course of that violence, but the
evidence of the prosecution does not establish by whom it was
caused, each of them is presumed either to have caused or aided
the other or others to cause the death or serious harm until the
contrary is proved if the violence used by him was of such a nature
that it was likely to have caused, in the case of death, death or
serious harm or, in the case of serious harm, serious harm.