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jeffpow10 replied

11 September 2013, 10:18
Originally posted by original PM View Post

every teenagers dream has come true!

true.. :P Although i wonder how we all would have perceived it if it was a guy teacher with a girl student.
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 12:58
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

Umm, isn't this ' position of trust' age distinction a bit vague and contrived? Is an 18 year old school prefect a person in a position of trust?

I think they try to distinguish between informal & formal positions. A scout leader would be seen as a position of trust but a venture scout helping for a day probably wouldn't be seen as in a position of trust.

My understanding is 18 -> 17 year old with unpaid / unregulated power it would be seen as a non offence from that point of view and it would concentrate on coercion which doesn't have an age restriction.

So if a teacher or a teaching assistant aged 25 has sex with their pupil then its the abuse of trust.
If they meet and had consensual sex with a 17 year old who is not their student or they have power over in a pub then its just sex and legal.

If a Prefect says to a 17 year old ' have sex with me or I will report you' its coercion which makes it rape.
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Mich the Tester replied

10 September 2013, 12:16
Originally posted by vetran View Post

the CPS disagree

CPS Legal Guidance

Umm, isn't this ' position of trust' age distinction a bit vague and contrived? Is an 18 year old school prefect a person in a position of trust?
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 12:05
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

No age of consent for boys.

the CPS disagree

CPS Legal Guidance

A boy or girl under the age of 16 cannot consent in law, (Archbold 2004, 20-152).

children under 18 having sexual relations with persons in a position of trust
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BrilloPad replied

10 September 2013, 11:56
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

He was 17 at the time; why is she on the sex offenders' register if she had sex with someone over the age of consent?

No age of consent for boys.
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 11:54
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Maintenance is supposed to be totally independent of marriage fault.

FTFY
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BrilloPad replied

10 September 2013, 11:50
Originally posted by vetran View Post

My point was that being a woman and probably on a lower wage she may well be eligible for maintenance. Now will the Judge be generous to the 'weaker party' or see the offence as a 'door closer'?

Maintenance is totally independent of marriage fault.
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d000hg replied

10 September 2013, 10:56
Originally posted by vetran View Post

she was in 'a position of responsibility'.

That's not the only position she was in. Fnaar Fnaar.
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 10:45
Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

I assume because of the teacher-student relationship, there's probably something enshrined in law.

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TykeMerc replied

10 September 2013, 10:44
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

He was 17 at the time; why is she on the sex offenders' register if she had sex with someone over the age of consent?

I assume because of the teacher-student relationship, there's probably something enshrined in law.
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Gibbon replied

10 September 2013, 10:42
Originally posted by vetran View Post

My point was that being a woman and probably on a lower wage she may well be eligible for maintenance. Now will the Judge be generous to the 'weaker party' or see the offence as a 'door closer'?

Doubtful she will get maintenance, my wife was 31 when we divorced and she got none as she was deemed young enough to do something about it.
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 10:39
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

He was 17 at the time; why is she on the sex offenders' register if she had sex with someone over the age of consent?

she was in 'a position of trust'.

Last edited by vetran; 10 September 2013, 12:06. Reason: Trust - correct terminology
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Mich the Tester replied

10 September 2013, 10:32
He was 17 at the time; why is she on the sex offenders' register if she had sex with someone over the age of consent?
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d000hg replied

10 September 2013, 10:28
Truth following fiction?

Truth:

Fiction:
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vetran replied

10 September 2013, 10:24
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

The division of assets is nothing to do with fault. Usually 50/50 if no kids - but can vary if a short marriage(under 7 years) and one party has bought loads more assets into the marriage. All assets earned during marriage are assumed shared.
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My point was that being a woman and probably on a lower wage she may well be eligible for maintenance. Now will the Judge be generous to the 'weaker party' or see the offence as a 'door closer'?
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