Wail- abuser who 'didn't know' that sex with a girl of 13 was illegal is spared jail

[minestrone]

Ignorantia juris non excusat.

[mudskipper]

I don't think there is any evidence in the article that he was let off leniently because "he didn't know" or because he'd been taught that women are lollipops (I'm sure cojak has a view on that one!), although these were no doubt offered as mitigation

I suspect he did not get a custodial sentence because the judge rightly or wrongly decided that, due to the age, maturity and circumstances of both the accused and the victim, the facts of the case weren't as simple as 'adult has sex with child'. The muslim thing is tabloids trying to make a story out of something that is happening every day in a street near you.

18 and 13 is pushing it, but if you locked up every boy over 16 who had sex with a girl under 16, there'd be no room in the prisons for the murderers and tax dodgers.

[mos]

The muslim thing is tabloids trying to make a story out of something that is happening every day in a street near you.

That is why I am so grateful to live in good part of Kensington

[formant]

Your parents paid for you to go the States to lose your virginity!! .... that's a very liberal attitude!

You should have auctioned it off on eBay

Haha, well let's say they were blatantly aware that I was going to get laid over there. They didn't know I hadn't previously. What they officially paid for was for me to go and live with my then long-term online-boyfriend's family. But yeah, they knew the 'risks'.

TBH, I'd rather be aware of what my kid is up to sexually (although not in too much detail) and give my permission where it's 'not that bad', than cover my ears and eyes about that sort of thing and have them make incredibly poor choices without getting a chance to talk some sense into them.