R v Jones (Ian)

Subject Matter

CRIME — Sexual offences — Inciting child to engage in sexual activity — Entrapment — Undercover police officer posing as child — Defendant inciting police officer to engage in sexual activity — Whether substantive offence requiring incitement of identifiable child — Whether defendant entrapped into committing offence — Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 8

[2008] QB 460; [2007] 3 WLR 907

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Rape and other Offences against Children aged under 13 - Causing or Inciting a Child under 13 to Engage in Sexual Activity - Elements B3.102

Attempt - Impossibility A5.84

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