Sexual Assault

Question 0

Clear progression

Answer 0

to the offensives to non consensual penile penetration (rape) to non-penile penetration and then non-consensual sexual touching

Question 1

Covers all non-penetrative sexual violation and is therefore an offence of immense scope

Answer 1

SOA 2003 s3(1)
A person commits an offence if he
- he intentionally touches another person
- the touching is sexual
- b doesn’t consent to the touching and
- a doesn’t reasonably believe that b consents

Question 2

AR

Answer 2

Sexual touching

Absence of Bs consent

Question 3

Touching

Answer 3

SOA s79(8) 
Touching includes touching 
-With any part of the body 
-With anything else 
-Through anything else 
Makes it clear that no touching is excluded however brief or transient - this is supposing the touching is 'sexual'