The Irish Times

Reinstate offence of statutory rape, says report

Two constitutional amendments are proposed in the reports of the special rapporteurs on child protection, which went to the Cabinet yesterday. One would reinstate the offence of statutory rape (sex ...
Queen Mary University of London

Urgent reform needed: legal expert calls for new statutory offence to combat rising spiking incidents

As alarming reports reveal a troubling increase in spiking incidents in the UK, leaving victims vulnerable and terrified, legal expert Amber Marks, Lecturer in Criminal Law and Evidence at Queen Mary ...
The Irish Times

Buggery ruled a statutory, not common law, offence

DPP -v- Judge Mary Devins. Neutral Citation (2009) IEHC 584. Judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Daniel O'Keeffe on December 2nd, 2009. The High Court ruled that buggery was a statutory, rather than ...
heraldscotland

Make pitch invasion a criminal offence says SFA report into Scottish Cup final trouble

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BBC

Hospital smoking ban plan 'petty', Holyrood committee told

Plans to make smoking in hospital grounds a statutory offence have been branded "inhumane, petty and vindictive" by a pro-smoking group. Simon Clark from Forest made the remark while giving evidence ...