LAWS 2302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
13 Apr 2016
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Sexual assault: the terms sexual assault and rape are used throughout, though rape is out-dated and narrowly defined. It is mostly used and recognized for sexual attacks against women. There are many and varying views and theories on the issue related to sexual assault. Threat to commit rape constituting threat to commit serious bodily harm. This was an appeal by the crown from the acquittal of the accused on three counts of threatening, by letter, to cause serious bodily harm contrary to s. 243. 4 (now. The accused had written similar letters to three women in which he threatened to rape them. One woman received a letter which said that the accused would come and get her if she did not meet him as demanded. The trial judge held that the threat to commit rape might or might not involve serious bodily harm; it did not necessarily involve it.
