An indecent assault includes an intentional touching of one person by another in circumstances of indecency, whether or not (where the person touched is a girl under 16) she consents.
Citations:
[1981] 1 WLR 1528
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v J HL 14-Oct-2004
The defendant was to have been accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16. Proceedings could not be brought, because the allegation was more than a year old, and he was instead accused of indecent assault, but on the same . .
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Crime
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.216521
