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in a nut shell... im 20.. slept with someone who is 15.. she is 16 in august. her rents have found out and gone up the wall (understand it really but it just happened).
now, her dad has pretty much given her 2 choice's... tell my family and get them involved.. obviously thats not gonna go down well.
or get the police involved cause she is a minor.... could anybody tell me how they would react ect?.. she is almost 16, and i have a email from her to someone saying she came here with the intention of sleeping with me. would that make any difference?
sorry, but as you can all see im a getting a little paranoid about the whole situation at the moment and help would really go down a treat with me.
edited to add she is 16 in august
now, her dad has pretty much given her 2 choice's... tell my family and get them involved.. obviously thats not gonna go down well.
or get the police involved cause she is a minor.... could anybody tell me how they would react ect?.. she is almost 16, and i have a email from her to someone saying she came here with the intention of sleeping with me. would that make any difference?
sorry, but as you can all see im a getting a little paranoid about the whole situation at the moment and help would really go down a treat with me.
edited to add she is 16 in august
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No offence but the father is within his rights to tell the police.
Did you know she was underage?
im not that stupid, i was looking for advice not sarcastic comments. please if your gonna leave a comment like that go elsewhere cause im really not in the frame of mind or ideal situation to be dealing with them right now.
obviously we don;t know the whole story, but at 15, nearly 16, if shes unlikely to press charges, i dont think there's anything to extremely worry about, but, if i was you, i'd seek some legal advice, just to check exactly where you stand.
Just asking, but how did her parents find out?
What perfect day says doesn't make much sense- so if someone rapes a 12 year old, their parents can't press charges?
Having said that, I don't know on what authority you're disagreeing with me - it's quite possible that you're studying law or something and have far superior knowledge... if so, feel free to tell me I'm wrong!
I just don't see what that has to do with this case. Surely the police are not going to prosecute on something like this, which happens up and down the country every minute. Age of consent laws are there to protect young people, this girl clearly does not need protecting and it would be a waste of time prosecuting when the only "proof" is what somebody posted on a message board. It would hardly stand up in court.
I used to study law. But this knowledge is from personal experience.
http://www.thesite.org.uk/youthnet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&a=457
I am not sure if this applys to acts that happened before the beginnin of the month though.
However I would say that you need to seek legal advice - as I understand it if your charged and found guilty you can be put on the sex offenders register - which is no laughing matter.
pussykatty: would it help if the thread on the message board in question was deleted?... cause i can do that...
DNA tests are surly out of the question due to the time since we slept together...
whats the difference to us saying we slept together and that we didnt sleep together as surly its only there word against ours?
If not is it likely that she will hold this against you? And thus be more likely to file charges herself out of bitterness?
You really need to apologise to the girl for the trouble you've caused her and establish her thoughts on the issue. Then you need to talk to the parents and take responsibility for what you've done. I think the father will be quite reasonable about it but if he still feels there need to be repercussions for you then surely it's better you get grief from your parents, who will likely not care that much, than from Her Majesty's men in blue?
If he suggests to you that it would be better if you and his daughter weren't friends then you're probably best off trying to appease whoever you can.
You're in the wrong here but it can all be sorted out...
...unless she's pregnant.
Being Gillick competent is with regards to medical consent; however, if a child is Gillick competent she is able to give consent, and therefore there can be no charge of rape.
It does not impact on this case though. As far as I am aware parents can press charges on behalf of their legal custodees, though i am unsure of this. Having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of consent is a strict liablity offence though, as far as I am aware- you have to know she was underage, or be so Cunningham reckless as to her age as to constitute knowledge.
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Amen to that.
i very much doubt she would stand up in court and say she did not agree to it, but then im not so sure how much her parents would pressure into saything something like that as they are so controlling.
for the record i suppose i should say we have slept together 3 times.. im not sure if that makes a difference... but it does show she obviously had intent cause she met up with me again willingly.
i admit im confident if the police get involved that there will be no charge's brought to me... but its something i just wish we could avoid as a whole for obvious reasons. as for my family... i think my mum knows about it, but i know for a fact my step dad would probably try to kick me out over it.
Unfortunate but not a reason to give up and meet your new cellmate Dave.
You really need to make clear you didn't intend to take advantage and you don't wish to hurt his daughter in the future.
Perhaps talk to the mother, women always claim to be more understanding and all the signs suggest it's true.
I think they're mostly trying to save face now that they feel they've failed to save their daughter from exposure to the evils of the world.
Something along the lines of "You respect their role as parents and their opinions, can fully understand why they are upset, can only apologise for their distress and will respect their wishes with regards to their daughter, not seeing her in future, if they feel it necessary, despite how you would ideally still value her friendship" etc etc?
It's thin ice you're walking on but if you say the right things you should get what you want.
I'd prefer them never to be dating adults as minors but kids learn by their own mistakes and I'd respect them to make their own decisions with a little advice to guide them to an informed viewpoint.
My kids are so gonna end up hellraisers.
I'd suggest you don't mention any of this bit to them, they're likely to feel you're questioning their parenting and hate you more for it.
no offence meant, i may have done something stupid... but im not stupid
i just hope it dont get that far!