R v Adkins

Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[1999] All ER (D) 521
Court:	Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:	Roch LJ, Harrison and Elias JJ
Representation	Stuart Trimmer (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
	Paul Mann (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates:	21 May 1999

Catchwords

Criminal law - Rape - Consent - Honest belief as to consent - Whether direction as to honest belief mandatory in every case of rape or reckless rape where consent in issue.

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