from 13 to 16.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65887198
The article doesn't say if the change is phased in. So if one has been shagging one's fourteen year old boyfriend/girlfriend, does one need to stop now?
g-one wrote:Depends.
"a person who has had sex with a minor aged 13 to 15 will be punished only if the person is five or more years older than the minor"
g-one wrote:Depends.
"a person who has had sex with a minor aged 13 to 15 will be punished only if the person is five or more years older than the minor"
tubeswell wrote:g-one wrote:Depends.
"a person who has had sex with a minor aged 13 to 15 will be punished only if the person is five or more years older than the minor"
So Bill Wyman (47) and Mandy Smith (13) would've been f**ked.
tubeswell wrote:g-one wrote:Depends.
"a person who has had sex with a minor aged 13 to 15 will be punished only if the person is five or more years older than the minor"
So Bill Wyman (47) and Mandy Smith (13) would've been f**ked.
g-one wrote:tubeswell wrote:g-one wrote:Depends.
"a person who has had sex with a minor aged 13 to 15 will be punished only if the person is five or more years older than the minor"
So Bill Wyman (47) and Mandy Smith (13) would've been f**ked.
I don't think Britain would pass such a law. Cultural traditions and all that.
Richard A wrote:The UK sort of tiptoes around a "close in age" defence of the type that some (but note, not all) US states and, by the sound of it, Japan have. Someone who has sex with a person whom they know is under 16 is screwed in every sense. No close in age defence. You're 17, you know your girlfriend is 15 and you shag her, you face the wrath of the criminal law. There is a long and distinguished list of such people, not just the Bill Wymans and Rolf Harrises of this world. On the other hand, if you're under 18, you looking at a maximum of 5 years in a young offenders' institution rather than up to 14 years in jail.
However, there is a defence if you can convince a jury that you reasonably believed that the person was 16. In the past, there was a further proviso that you yourself had to be under 24, but that has now gone. Reasonable belief that your bedmate was at least 16 is all that's required - regardless of your age. Of course, if you're in your 56, a jury may be harder to convince that you reasonably believed they were 16 or more.
The exception is if you're in a position of trust: teachers and the like are in the crosshairs of this. Then the age of consent goes up to 18, but again there's a defence that you reasonably believed the person you shagged was at least 18. So if you bonk your Year 13 (what used to be called upper 6th) and she turned out to be 17, if you can convince a jury you reasonably thought she'd passed her 18th birthday, you're off the hook.
Of course all of the above also applies to under-age boyfriends.
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