On Sat, 10 May 2008 11:50:49 +0100, Cub Reporter
wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2008 09:31:36 +0100, "Gaz" wrote:
>
>>"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
>>news:g03l3k$4p9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> "Cub Reporter" wrote in message
>>> news:ifg924589lgkranqctfa3o92eu9ptfdrhq@4ax.com...
>>>> ...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.
>
>>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????
>
>What's more to the point, if you go to a country with the *same* AOC
>as here (16), have . with a 16-year-old, you could be prosecuted
>when you come home.
>
Utterly wrong.
>Presumably this would also apply if you took your 16-year-old
>girlfriend. If you were also 16, she could be prosecuted too. This
>might happen to married 16-year-olds unless there is a 'marriage
>exception' to the law.
>
>I'm surprised that contributors to this thread are failing to see the
>implications.
Those of us who have actually bothered to read even the rather
misleading article know it doesn't say what you claim.
If you bothered to read the actual law concerned, you would know
absolutely that it most assuredly does NOT do that at all.
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