R. v. R.

The defendant appeals his conviction for attempted rape on the grounds that a husband cannot rape his wife.   The House of Lords overturned the old common law rule that marriage automatically gave consent for sexual intercourse and held that a husband could be convicted of rape or attempted rape of his wife where she withdrew her consent to intercourse.

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  • 1992

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  • R. v. R.

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