You are interning at the Director for Public Prosecutions Office in Fiji jurisdictions. Your supervising lawyer is working on a murder case. In this case, the suspect and the accomplice attacked the victim to steal his personal belongings. A struggle ensued, and the victim killed the accomplice in self-defense. The accused ran away and was arrested later. Your supervisor wants to know the following:

(a) Whether the suspect can be charged with murder, given that his accomplice was killed in the process of them committing the robbery? Explain your answer.

(b) Whether the victim can be charged with murder when the intention of the crime

by the suspect and the accomplice was to rob the victim. Explain your answer.