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Originally Posted by Russ
I'm on my tablet and for some reason links aren't working for me today - so if I've got this right he wasn't prosecuted for admitting to being gay, just that he was in a gay relationship (which presumably was illegal at that time)?
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on January 1952, Turing started a relationship with Arnold Murray, a 19-year-old unemployed man. Turing met Murray just before Christmas outside the Regal Cinema when walking down Manchester's Oxford Road and had invited him to lunch. On 23 January Turing's house was burgled. Murray told Turing that the burglar was an acquaintance of his, and Turing reported the crime to the police. During the investigation he acknowledged a sexual relationship with Murray. Homosexual acts were criminal offences in the United Kingdom at that time,[92] and both men were charged with gross indecency under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885.[93]
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