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Was this legal?
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When i was 14 (i'm 15 now), i was going out with a guy who was 18. We did some sexual stuff together but not actual sex in any kind of way. I was totally fine with all of it and so was he. We're not going out anymore but he said he could have gotten into trouble for it. Is this right?
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It is illegal to have sexual contact with a child under the age of 16. It is classified as indecent assault now, under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Though if you say nothing and he says nothing, then nothing will happen.
This is purely hypothetical, 'cause I can't be bothered with the hassle, but what would happen if I went to the police NOW, having turned 16, and told them about the, er, sexual relationship I had when I was underage? Could he still be charged with it?
They wouldn't do anything though.
as a child saying they consented, even if they said yes, if they are under 16 with sex classes as statutory rape
Our article on sexual offences