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R -v- E (Warwick) E was accused by the daughter of his partner (aged under 13) of sexually assaulting her on two occasions on one evening. E admitted that he had drunk a lot of alcohol that evening and that the girl’s mother was so drunk that she had retired to bed sometime earlier than […]

It may well be that you have been invited to a police station for a “voluntary interview” in relation to allegations being under suspicion of having committed a sexual offence and you may wonder why you would need legal representation in such an event. The police will tell you that you have attended the police station […]

The NSPCC has warned that abusers will exploit children spending more time on the internet because they are locked down and spending more time on their devices because of the Coronavirus.  It has been described as a “perfect storm” for abusers to take advantage of the pandemic.  Tech firms have had to scale back the […]

According to police numbers, there has been a rise in domestic abuse incidents directly related to the Coronavirus outbreak, They say that reports have been linked to the lockdown and that they were preparing for some serious incidents. The police have linked this to the very stressful situation we all find ourselves in by being […]

Having been removed from a register of a Professional Regulator, be it because of a criminal conviction or because of a fitness to practice issue, it is likely, after five years in most cases, from the date of the removal (or an unsuccessful appeal against the decision to remove you) that you will seek to […]

I was recently asked by the BBC to give an expert opinion on issues that have arisen following the campaign “We Can’t Consent To This”. The campaign is seeking to have a defence of manslaughter removed from the statute book wherever a person (more often than not a man) is accused of killing a person […]

In a recent case heard at Belfast Crown Court, a man who was found to possess more than 500 indecent images and videos was placed on probation for three years. Critical considerations in the case were ‘sexual immaturity’ and that the accused made full admissions when interviewed by police. In August 2014, police officers were […]

The UK Government has been advised that they should impose stricter travel restrictions on UK citizens who have been convicted of sex offences. The recent Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) has resulted in a 73-page document to address international child sex abuse. The report showed that between 2013-2017, 361 UK nationals sought consular […]

Metropolitan police chief, Supt Robyn Williams, was found guilty of possessing indecent images on her phone after she received an unsolicited WhatsApp message that included a video of child sexual abuse. The jury at the Old Bailey heard how Williams was attending a gym class when she was sent the video by her sister, who […]

Women’s organisations and senior lawyers have begun to look more closely at the use of ‘rough sex gone wrong’ as a defence to sexual crimes in the courtroom. Many have proposed a change in the law, following the discovery by researchers of a tenfold rise in the use of the argument in UK courts in […]