| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 195 (Apr) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Clarke LJ, Morison J and The Recorder of Leeds |
| Representation | Michael Ivers (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Patricia May (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 10 April 2003 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence and procedure - Evidence - Rape - Issue of consent - Expert evidence General practitioner's evidence on relevance of orgasm during sexual intercourse to issue of consent - Admissibility of evidence.
The Case
The defendant's conviction for two offences of rape was safe because the judge had not erred in permitting the prosecution to adduce expert evidence of orgasms from a general practitioner in relation to the issue of consent.
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