The Lord Chief Justice defined the common law offence of outraging public decency: ‘So there must have been proved to have been an act of such a lewd, obscene or disgusting nature as to amount to an outrage on public decency. It is not necessary to prove that the act in fact disgusted those in whose purview it was committed. It is sufficient if it is calculated so to do. So far as the public nature of the offence is concerned, it must be proved that more than one person must at least have been able to see the act. If one person is proved to have seen the act and others might have seen it taking place, that is enough.’
Citations:
(1990) 91 Cr App R 157
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Ching Choi CACD 7-May-1999
The defendant appealed his six convictions for outraging public decency. He had used a video camera and mirrors to record images of women using the toilet in a chinese supermarket. . .
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Crime
Updated: 11 September 2022; Ref: scu.239594