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Originally Posted by Graham
Could I just point out here that, under the current state of the law on sex offences, "Indecent Assault" includes
"Causing another person to perform indecent acts without consent"
Since a child cannot, legally, consent to a sexual act, even if the boy was actually a willing participant and was not forced or injured in anyway, the act would *still* be classed as "indecent assault".
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I was under the impression that that only applied to females. Males could still make a complaint, but charges couldn't be enforced without them?
Anyway, the legal age of culpability is 10. A 13 year old girl would know right from wrong.