Is this considered statuatory rape?
seeing as how the legal age in the UK is 16, if a guy from the US goes to the UK and has sex with a 17 year old girl, is it legal?
Answer:
In general the law wherever you are is what applies. So in England you are subject to English law and not US law, so if a 16 y/o can consent to sex you are OK.
Sounds legal to me.
i dont know but you would be a damn fool!
I think so!
of course it is. like you said yourself, age of consent is 16.
But, the question then becomes, "Is there an "age gap" provision in the UK law?"
For instance, in some states the AoC is 16:
16 and 18 is ok in that state. But 16 with 24 ISNT. The older is guilty of statutory rape.
The UK may have similar provisions.
Yes, it is. However, how would one know unless the girl reported it as an assault? And if she does, he's in a heap o' trouble, as we say on this side of the pond.
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