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Old 16-08-2012, 19:33   #57
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Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Also it's not consensual sex without protection. The woman in question alleges she consented on the condition he wear protection, claims he didn't, therefore the consent wasn't granted. There is also a accusation of sex whilst half-asleep and using his body to apply force against her will.
Exactly. It is not "simply" an allegation of "consensual sex without protection".

The offences he is alleged to have carried out are also illegal under English law as well as Swedish law, and one of the alleged offences is still classed as rape here just as it is in Sweden.

If you have sex with someone while they are asleep they cannot consent, if they cannot consent then it is rape. It's quite simple. That is what he is accused of allegedly doing.


See here for the actual charges, how they are also offences in the UK, and how it is more than just "sex without a condom":

The decision of the High Court: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/...2011/2849.html

And a piece from David Allen Green: http://jackofkent.com/2012/06/assang...r-english-law/
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