Hearings
England & Wales
27 Oct 2023 [2023] EWCA Crim 1242; [2024] 1 WLR 2636; [2024] 1 Cr App R 9; [2023] WLR(D) 444, CA (Holroyde LJ, Goss, Ellenbogen JJ)
R v Hoare (Robin)
Additional names
R v BNE
Subject Matter
CRIME — Evidence — Image — Defendant exchanging sexualised images and messages on social media with police officer posing as underage girl — Defendant charged with attempted sexual offences with child — Whether defendant “reasonably believed” person with whom he was communicating aged 16 or over — Whether true age of person in images to be disclosed to defendant — Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c 42), ss 10, 15A
[2023] EWCA Crim 1242; [2024] 1 WLR 2636; [2024] 1 Cr App R 9; [2023] WLR(D) 444, CA
Commentary
Park Square Barristers
BNE [2023]: Disclosure and the use of child decoy profiles in sexual communication cases
Case comment
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Sex Offences against Children aged 13 to 15 - Causing or Inciting a Child to Engage in Sexual Activity - Elements
B3.114
Sex Offences against Children aged 13 to 15 - Sexual Communication with a Child - Elements B3.142