Teenager loses court action over underage sex
[...]A TEENAGE boy has lost his High Court action claiming he should not be prosecuted for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, when he was 15, under the law which allows for boys to be prosecuted for such offences but not girls.
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The case arose out of the so-called “Romeo and Juliet” provision in laws introduced in 2006 in response to the Supreme Court “CC” judgment overturning as unconstitutional a 1935 law on underage sex on grounds of the absence of a defence of “reasonable mistake” as to the victim’s age.
In his action, the boy claimed his rights were breached because he has been charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and with committing buggery while the girl was not charged.
That's right the 15yr old should have checked her ID first.
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