Rougier J: ‘Though any violation of a child’s innocence attracts very grave stigma, yet the protection of children from sexual abuse is a social and moral imperative.’
Judges:
Brooke LJ, Tucker and Rougier JJ
Citations:
[1999] 3 WLR 116
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – B (A Minor) v Director of Public Prosecutions HL 23-Feb-2000
Prosecution to prove absence of genuine belief
To convict a defendant under the 1960 Act, the prosecution had the burden of proving the absence of a genuine belief in the defendant’s mind that the victim was 14 or over. The Act itself said nothing about any mental element, so the assumption must . .
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Crime
Updated: 23 July 2022; Ref: scu.195983
