I'm afraid I simply don't believe the 'victim' can have had no idea there wasn't something a bit odd going on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-40668960
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I'm afraid I simply don't believe the 'victim' can have had no idea there wasn't something a bit odd going on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-40668960
The victim is probably a bit 'special', b.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
it's genius really
they should make a film about it
I mean, how gullible must this vicitm have been to agree or even acquiesce to the perp's demands, without being a leeeeeetle bit radio?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Rob2
Dunno. But would it still be a sexual assault if it had actually been a man - just not the man the victim thought it was?Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
6 1/2 years for consensual sex......Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Perhaps Monty should take the ladyboy to court he shagged in Brazil (or wherever he was)Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Yes. Seems a bit much, doesn't it? Also, if sleeping with people while not having been entirely truthful with them beforehand is sexual assault, we're all in trouble :yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
That is one of the least elegantly constructed sentences that's been written on here since snin left, p. Well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
It's a Friday b, the day for not thinking about what you typeQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I would say that pretending you are a different sex is a bit more than "not being entirley truthful"Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
But isn't pretending to be a different sex all the rage now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Yes, but where do we draw the line? How big does the lie have to be to make it sexual assault? Is telling them you're not married when you are going to constitute sexual assault?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Hang on! This is an excellent point. The defendant's brief could have got her off by saying she'd changed her name to Kye Fortune and identified as a man. That would have put the cat among the pigeons. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:hehe: Bringing charges is practically a hate crime :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It would have been tremendous fun. The court would almost certainly have been forced to rule that just saying you're a certain gender doesn't actually make you that gender. At which point, a lot of people's heads would have exploded and many Guardian column inches would have been filled. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Missed opportunity, really.