Thursday, June 19, 2008

Bid to strengthen sex crime laws / BBC, 18 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7461031.stm
"Plans to toughen laws on rape, consent, spiking drinks and offensive e-mails and texts have been unveiled as part of an overhaul of sex crime legislation. Under the Scottish Government bill, consent would be defined in law, creating a broader statutory offence which includes male rape. There would also be new offences for sexually offensive e-mails and texts and spiking people's drinks."
Links to the Bill, Explanatory Notes and other documents: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/11-sexualOffences/index.htm