R v Thomas (Emrys)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD JUSTICE ACKNER |
| Judgment Date | 27 June 1985 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1985] EWCA Crim J0627-3 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Docket Number | No. 6972/B/84 |
| Date | 27 June 1985 |
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3 cases
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The People (at the suit of the DPP) v FN (A Minor)
...Hence, touching the hem of a girl's dress is not, despite any fetishist motive, indecent. It may be an assault, but not an indecent one; R v Thomas (1985) Cr App R 331. Similarly, having a shoe obsession and removing a shoe for similar motives does not constitute in those external circumsta......
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BD(Appellant) v The Queen
...[1987] 2 NZLR 122, R v PWD (2010) 205 A Crim R 75, R v Quach [2002] NSWCCA 519, R v RL [2009] VSCA 95, R v Sams (1990) 46 A Crim R 468, R v Thomas (1985) 81 Cr App R 331, R v Vallance (1961) 108 CLR 56, R v Zhang (2005) 158 A Crim R 504, Semaan v R (2013) 230 A Crim R 568, Sokolowskyj v The......
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The People at the Suit of the Directorof Public Prosecutions v FN
...not, by any reasonable standards, indecent, and that therefore no indecent assault had been committed. To the like effect was the case of R v. Thomas [1985] 81 Cr. App. R. 331, where the defendant was alleged to have touched the edge of a girl's skirt and rubbed it. The prosecution saw it ......
1 books & journal articles
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The Need to Kill Off Zombie Law
...is no reason to think that indecent assault should be treated differently to rape in this44. Ibid. at 7 (Lord Lane CJ).45. Thomas (1985) 81 Cr App R 331 CA (Crim Div) 334.46. Court [1989] AC 28 HL, 41–42 (Lord Ackner).47. Cole vTurner (1704) 87 Eng Rep 907, 6 Mod 149, Court of King’s Bench.......