No expert medical evidence is needed with regard to the age of a child said to be the subject of an indecent photograph. Whether it is a child is not outside normal experience. The defendant had seen the photographs, and no defence was available under 1(4)(b).
Citations:
Gazette 05-Nov-1997, Times 04-Nov-1997, [1999] QB 65, [1997] EWCA Crim 2409, [1998] 1 Cr App R 301
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Statutes:
Protection of Children Act 1978 1(1)(c)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Regina v Collier CACD 11-Jun-2004
The defendant appealed a conviction of possession of indecent pseudo-photographs of children. He said that he had not seen the image, and that though he had reason to know the images were indecent, he had no reason to know that they were of . .
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 11 October 2022; Ref: scu.87116
