R v Konzani [2005] EWCA Crim 706 FACTS: The complainants consented to unprotected sexual intercourse, but did not know that the defendant was HIV positive. HELD: The Court of Appeal held that they did not consent to the transmission of the HIV virus, and emphasised the 'critical distinction between taking a risk of the various, potentially adverse and possibly problematic consequences of sexual intercourse, and giving an informed consent to the risk of infection with a fatal disease'. The court applied Dica, and confirmed that for consent to the risks of contracting HIV to be a defence, the complainant's consent must be [...].
The court also held that, in cases where consent did provide a defence to an offence against the person, an honest belief in consent would also provide a defence. In this case, there was no evidence upon which the jury could have drawn the inference that the defendant honestly believed that any of the complainants had consented to the risk of contracting HIV.
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an informed consent
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R v Konzani [2005] EWCA Crim 706 FACTS: The complainants consented to unprotected sexual intercourse, but did not know that the defendant was HIV positive. HELD: The Court of Appeal held that they did not consent to the transmission of the HIV virus, and emphasised the 'critical distinction between taking a risk of the various, potentially adverse and possibly problematic consequences of sexual intercourse, and giving an informed consent to the risk of infection with a fatal disease'. The court applied Dica, and confirmed that for consent to the risks of contracting HIV to be a defence, the complainant's consent must be [...].
The court also held that, in cases where consent did provide a defence to an offence against the person, an honest belief in consent would also provide a defence. In this case, there was no evidence upon which the jury could have drawn the inference that the defendant honestly believed that any of the complainants had consented to the risk of contracting HIV.
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#crime #defences #law
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R v Konzani [2005] EWCA Crim 706 FACTS: The complainants consented to unprotected sexual intercourse, but did not know that the defendant was HIV positive. HELD: The Court of Appeal held that they did not consent to the transmission of the HIV virus, and emphasised the 'critical distinction between taking a risk of the various, potentially adverse and possibly problematic consequences of sexual intercourse, and giving an informed consent to the risk of infection with a fatal disease'. The court applied Dica, and confirmed that for consent to the risks of contracting HIV to be a defence, the complainant's consent must be [...].
The court also held that, in cases where consent did provide a defence to an offence against the person, an honest belief in consent would also provide a defence. In this case, there was no evidence upon which the jury could have drawn the inference that the defendant honestly believed that any of the complainants had consented to the risk of contracting HIV.
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an informed consent
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