Richard Miller wrote:
> In message <1210419904.8911.0@proxy00.news.clara.net>, Colonel Colt
> writes
>>>
>> 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.
>
> It is absolutely 100% clear that the visitor in this example would be
> committing a criminal offence in this country if he has . with his
> girlfriend over here - indeed, it is an offence that Sue, in another
> thread, has been arguing should invariably result in a jail sentence.
Not quite. I argued that jail should result for a 20 year old being
unable to resist the temptations of an 11 year old.
IIUC, the CPS does take the age difference into account, when
determining whether it is in the public interest to prosecute and when
determining the charge.
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Sue
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