"Palindrome" wrote in message
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> Gaz wrote:
>> "Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
>> news:g03l3k$4p9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> "Cub Reporter" wrote in message
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>>>> ...but OK at home. Regardless of the laws and customs of the foreign
>>>> country (and whether you took the 16-year-old with you presumably).
>>>>
>>>> News article:
>>>> =========================================
>>>> We will now be able to prosecute UK nationals here for a .ual
>>>> offence committed against a child anywhere in the world, so long as
>>>> the act committed would be a relevant offence in this country. We have
>>>> also raised the age of a child for these purposes from 16 to 18.
>>> Yes?
>>>
>>> What's the problem?
>>>
>>> Lots of things are illegal in some countries and not others so it's
>>> common sense that the local laws should apply.
>>>
>>> If it's illegal to have . with a 16 year old in that country then you
>>> could be prosecuted for doing so.
>>> If it's not illegal then you haven't done anything wrong.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> "I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"
>>
>> Unless i am reading the article incorrectly though, doesnt it mean, that
>> if you go to a country where the AOC is 18, have ., you can face
>> prosecution back here in the UK, for something that isnt a criminal
>> offence here????
>>
> Which would you rather, face prosecution in that country having been sent
> back to it - or face prosecution here?
>
> If you go abroad and break laws in a foreign country, you should expect to
> suffer the consequences - whether they be imposed via that country's legal
> system or your own.
>
> --
> Sue
>
No - it's thel ast bit where this goes wrong.
If I go to Ruritania and commit an offence under Ruritanian law, then of
course the Ruritanian authorities can prosecute me. If I have returned to
England,they may be able to have me extradited for this purpose.
BUT.
1. I am very sceptical of the idea that the English court should have
jurisdiction to try me for the offence under Ruritanian law, even if the
acts in question would be an offence if done here.
2. I am absolutely convinced that the English court should not have
jurisdiction to try me if the acts would not be an offence if done here.
3. And it should go without saying that if the acts are not illegal in
Ruritania, then there is nothing to prosecute, even if the acts would be an
offence if done here.
Andrew McGee
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