Re: Boy's sex acts were 'experimentation' says judge

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:35:27 GMT, "Wodger" <gu47otu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

BOY'S SEX ACTS WERE 'EXPERIMENTATION' SAYS JUDGE
ORAL rape and other sexual activity by a 14-year-old Farnborough boy
on his two girl cousins were no more than sexual experimentation, a
judge decided at Croydon Crown Court last Tuesday.

Relatives in the public seats heaved a huge sigh of relief and some
burst into tears of joy when they heard that the youth, now aged 15,
was not going to be sent to detention for what he had done.


Question: If the exact same crime had not been uncovered for ten years,
say, and the accused was now 24, what would happen? Would he be given the
same benefit of the doubt, or will he be sentenced as if he had carried
out the crime while he was an adult (ie, a good few years in jail)?

Gaz

I hardly think they could conclude it was sexual experimentation after 10
years. Would suggest that there is probably a narrow window in any persons
life when this experiementation could be relied upon as a defence.


I think he meant if it had happened at the same age (14) but hadn't
been revealed until he was 24,not that it happened when he WAS 24.

Stuart
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