Brewis, Brian and Storey, Tony (2020) The meaning of ‘reasonable belief in consent’ under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the admissibility of bad character evidence under the Criminal Justice Act 2003: R v Hepburn [2020] EWCA Crim 820. The Journal of Criminal Law, 84 (5). pp. 508-511. ISSN 0022-0183
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018320965376
Abstract
This case note analyses the Court of Appeal's judgment in R v Hepburn [2020] EWCA Crim 820 on (1) the meaning of ‘reasonable belief in consent’ under s.1(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and (2) the admissibility of bad character evidence under the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | rape, reasonable belief in consent, inconsistent verdicts, bad character evidence |
| Subjects: | M200 Law by Topic |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2021 11:47 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2022 16:00 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45578 |
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