The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1992] QB 491
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
BROWN (ANTHONY)
REGINA
v.
LASKEY
REGINA
v.
JAGGARD
REGINA
v.
LUCAS
REGINA
v.
CARTER
REGINA
v.
CADMAN
1992 Feb. 3;
19
Lord Lane C.J., Rose and Potts JJ.
Crime
— Assault
— Consent
— Sado-masochists willingly participating in assaults causing injury and pain against each other for sexual pleasure
— Relevance of victim's consent
— Whether satisfaction of sado-masochistic libido good reason for injuries
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Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100), ss. 20, 47 (as amended by Penal Servitude Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 69), s. 1(1) and Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 58), s. 1(1))