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Woman pretending to be a man in a 2 year relationship gets 8 years in jail. Wonder if the cop will get 24 years in jail? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201

• beeboop 11y ago
  God damn that's some terrible reporting. Never mentions what law she broke. Why is pretending to be a man illegal? Is it because the victim consented to sex under false pretenses? What if a woman only has sex with me because she thinks I'm rich in when I'm not, is that illegal? edit: I looked around a bit, apparently wherever this happened has "Sexual Assault by Fraud" laws. Apparently the only law that exists of this type in the US is pretending to be someone's spouse and having sex with them (written in the 1800s but updated in California a few years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_deception#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_deception#United_State... Though there have been attempts to make it illegal in the US to lie about pretty much anything in order to get consent for sex: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/rape_by_fraud_nj_lawmaker_introduces_bill_to_make_it_a_crime.html http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/rape_by_fraud_n... How far will this go? What if I lie about loving someone to get them consent, will whether I actually loved them suddenly be decided by a jury of my peers? We're going to see a lot of jail sentences being given to people (let's be honest - men) who lied about being single.
  • DanBC 11y ago
    > Never mentions what law she broke. > > But the jury convicted the marketing manager of three counts of sexual assault at the complainant’s flat in Chester. This is a serious criminal offence, as serious as rape. It's in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (which, incidentally, covers David Cameron's alleged (totally not true) pig fucking - live animal is criminal, dead human is criminal, dead animal = not criminal) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/contents Sexual Assault by penetration: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/assault/section/2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crosshead... Sexual Assault: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crossheading/assault/section/3 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/part/1/crosshead... This person did not get consent and could not reasonably believe that consent was given. (According to the court.)