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Originally Posted by thesheriff443
She was not convicted of rape but sexual activity with a child, the law is complex and getting the wording wrong on what someone is charged with can mean the difference between a conviction and being acquitted.
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Because of how rape is legally defined in the UK (forcible penetration with penis) women cannot be charged with any sort of rape, only various degrees of sexual assault. That’s purely down to the definition in law, and has nothing to do with the morality of what happened.