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R v C (Rape: Marital Exemption)

Hearings

England & Wales

05 Oct 1990 [1991] 1 All ER 755, Crown Ct (Simon Brown J.)

Subject Matter

CRIME — Sexual offences — Rape — Marital exemption — Whether law of rape subject to marital exemption — Whether husband having sexual intercourse with wife without her consent to be convicted of rape

[1991] 1 All ER 755

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