High Court urged not to free sex offender

The High Court was warned today that it is wholly inconceivable to set free a convicted sex offender following the Supreme Court ruling that men who have sex with a minor should not automatically be deemed guilty of rape.

Turning the rules of the age of consent on their head, the five-judge court ruled last Tuesday it is unconstitutional to convict a man who admits to having sex with a child if he does not know their true age.