Zusammenfassung der Ressource
R v DICA
- Trial
- First Instance
- Crown court
- Convicted of 2 counts of GBH
- 8 years
- Defence
- 2 women had
consented
- Court of Appeal
- Judge misdirected
the jury
- Ordered a retrial
- Confirmed he was guilty
- Lesser sentence
- 1 and a half years
- Outcome
- Overruled Clarence
- R v R
- Outdated offence
- No informed consent
- Obiter statement: The
principles in Brown said
consent was no defence to
a section 18 offence
- Informed Consent
- Yes
- Can use defence
- Should have told the women
- No
- No defence
- They were not fully aware
- Links to Cases
- Krozani 2005
- Olugboja 1982
- Currier 1998
- Clarence 1888
- Link to source
- 2
- Development of Consent
- Sexual intercourse
and consent
- Informed consent
- Offences Against the Person
- Created new offence of
biological GBH
- Charged under s.20