"TimB" wrote in message
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> On 10 May, 12:45, "Colonel Colt" wrote:
>> "TimB" wrote in message
>>
>> news:be41f1be-7260-442a-9786-76c33c220029@24g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > You seem to have missed the point. The law as I understand it is this:
>>
>> > - You can have . with anyone aged 16 or over in the UK
>> > - If you go to a country where the age of consent is, say, 14, and
>> > have . with a 14 year old, you commit no offence locally, but will
>> > be arrested under UK law when you return home, despite having
>> > committed no crime either in the UK or the country you visited.
>> > - If you go on holiday with your 16 year old girlfriend, and have .,
>> > you can be arrested on your return, despite the act being legal in
>> > both the UK and the country you visited.
>>
>> Would this I wonder apply to a foreign national who came to the UK on
>> holiday. He has a 14 year girlfriend, with whom he has . perfectly
>> lawfully in his own country, yet if he visited the UK then he is at risk
>> of
>> prosecution? I suppose the only saving grace is that in such
>> circumstances
>> there is next to no chance of the authorities in the UK finding out.
>
> In that situation, he commits an offence under UK law anyway, and is
> subject to UK law.
>
Er, why? His 14 year old girlfriend is not with him in the UK
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