On Sat, 10 May 2008 23:41:54 +0100, Richard Miller
wrote:
>In message , Alex Heney
> writes
>>
>>This change to the law allows you to be prosecuted in the UK for an act
>>which was perfectly legal i the country where you did it, if it is an
>>act which would have been an offence if carried out in this country.
>>
>>But only for .ual offences carried out against a child.
>
>And the fact that most of the rest of Europe has a lower age of consent
>than we do means that this will leave a hell of a lot of people open to
>arrest and prosecution the minute they enter this country, for entirely
>legal and consensual .ual relationships they have had in another
>country.
Yes, provided they are UK nationals.
There are (According to Wikipedia) 22 European countries where the
AoC is under 16, and 19 where it is 16 or higher (the lowest is Spain
at 13, while the highest are a couple at 18).
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