Choose the CORRECT answer from the following statements a. The prosecution's decision not to join a co-accused in a trial of the same offence infringes established criminal procedural rules, and renders the trial unfair b. The presiding officer as a 'referee of the proceedings' must direct the manner in which the prosecutor conducts their trial, for example, the sequence in which witnesses are called by the state c. A perpetrator complies with all the definitional elements of the crime d. Generally, persons charged on the same day should, in the interests of justice, be joined as co-accused in one trial e. The prosecution's decision not to join a co-accused in a trial of the same offence infringes established criminal procedural rules, and renders the trial unfair