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Rex v Williams: 1923

The victim complained of rape, saying that she had agreed only to a physical manipulation by the defendant choir master which would provide her with extra air supply to improve her singing.
Held: The appeal failed. The victim had not consented to sexual interourse.

Citations:

[1923] 1 KB 340

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Linekar CACD 21-Oct-1994
L appealed against his conviction for rape. His victim was a woman working as a prostitute. He said that he had simply made off afterwards without payment. He was convicted on the basis that he had procured the act by a false pretence by him that he . .
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Crime

Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.554810

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