CAPE Law Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2 · Question 6(b)

Three individuals willingly engaged in consensual private acts of violence, including genital torture, for sexual pleasure resulting in non-permanent bodily harm. The activities were videotaped and distributed. The police obtained the tapes and charged them with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and unlawful wounding.

Advise the participants whether consent affords them a defence to the charges, referring to decided cases.