Written evidence to be reported to the House
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
2:00 pm
Edward Garnier (Shadow Minister, Justice; Harborough, Conservative)
The depiction of rape may constitute an extreme image, but it must fit within the rest of the clause to become an offence. Until we understand what clause 64(3) means, we are not much further forward. I can think of any number of extreme images which are disgusting and unattractive to look at, but the prosecution will have to prove that an image appears to some unknown person to have been produced solely or principally for the purposes of sexual arousal.