The defendant had been convicted of an offence under s 63 of the 2003 Act, of trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence He appealed saying that the section should be read to require the identification of the sexual offence which was intended to be committed.
Held: The appeal failed. The section had not been considered previously. The words were not ambiguous, and any offence which would come within Pat 1 of the 2003 Act would satisfy the requirements. It would not be necessary for the judge to detail each of the possible offences, and nor was it necessary to demonstrate that the jury had all considered the same offence.
Hallett VP CACD LJ, Jeremy Baker J, Bourne-Arton QC HHJ
[2016] EWCA Crim 569, [2016] WLR (D) 171
Bailii, WLRD
Sexual Offences Act 2003 63
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 17 January 2022; Ref: scu.565537