| 31. | The death penalty also targeted sexual offences such as sodomy.
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| 32. | The Sexual Offences Act 1967 began the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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| 33. | The investigation of rape and other sexual offences is a key priority for Police Scotland.
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| 34. | It also gave courts in the UK extraterritorial jurisdiction over a range of sexual offences.
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| 35. | In June 1993 Ellis was convicted of 16 counts of sexual offences involving seven children.
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| 36. | He was also charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for molestation.
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| 37. | There were only seven convictions for sexual offences.
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| 38. | The United Kingdom includes all violence against the person, sexual offences, and robbery as violent crime.
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| 39. | Buggery with an animal is still unlawful under Section 69 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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| 40. | The Sexual Offences Act 2003 has introduced a hybrid test of reasonable belief as to consent.
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