On Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:01 GMT, Tom wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2008 22:49:39 +0100, Richard Miller
> wrote:
>>In message , Alex Heney
>> writes
>>>
>>>If you read the actual law, it modifies clause 72 of the .ual
>>>Offences Act 2003 somewhat, but it still only allows prosecution for
>>>acts carried out abroad if those acts would have been a crime if
>>>carried out in this country.
>>
>>As I pointed out in another thread, it still leaves you with this
>>situation:
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe
>
>Sorry to go OT here, but the entry for Italy on that page made me
>wonder;
>
>"The age of consent if one of the participants has some kind of
>influence on the other is 16 (e.g. teacher, tutor, biological or
>adoptive parent)."
>
>Surely this implies incest is legal if the participants are over 16!
>
>Surely this cannot be right, can anyone clarify?
>
It doesn't necessarily imply that, only that it is a *different* crime
hat would be committed.
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