Chapter 11 Self-test questions

. Victims and alleged victims of sexual offences have automatic anonymity. When does this right to anonymity begin to apply?

From the time the victim or alleged victim tells someone else that the alleged offence has occurred

From the time the alleged offence has been reported to the police

When criminal proceedings begin to prosecute the alleged perpetrator

When the victim or alleged victim gives their first evidence in court

. If a journalism student publishes a blog post on their personal blog, which gives details of a sexual assault case they attended at court as part of their studies, they have nothing to fear for revealing the identity of the victim.

True

False

. If a person alleges that they were the intended victim of a plot to carry out a sexual assault, can they be identified in a court report?

Yes, if the intended offence wasn't carried out

No, even if the intended offence wasn't carried out

. If a publisher posts about a sexual offence trial on their social media accounts, are they liable if someone posts a comment identifying the victim of the offence?

No, if an editor removes the comment as soon as it is seen

No, they can leave the comment published because they haven't written it

Yes, because it has been written on their social media platform

No, the social media company is liable

. In 2019, the taking of a photograph under a person's clothing, without their consent, with the intention of viewing their genitals or buttocks, or underwear covering these, to obtain sexual gratification, or to cause humiliation, distress or alarm, was outlawed in a new offence called ______.

. If a male teacher has consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl, who is over the age of consent and is a pupil at the school where he works, this is not a sexual offence.

True

False

. When does anonymity not apply for victims of human trafficking offenses?

When travel has been arranged or has been carried out within the UK, another country or from one country to another

When the person has also been a victim of sexual offences

When the person has been required to perform forced labour

When the person agrees to waive their anonymity in writing

. A newspaper cannot be prosecuted for identifying the victim of a sexual offence who is dead.

True

False

. If a defendant in a sexual offences case is acquitted, can the alleged victim be legally identified once it has been decided in a court that no offence took place?

Yes, they can be identified once the trial is over and the defendant is acquitted

Yes, but it would be ethically wrong to identify them

Yes, the case is over and it is fair to the defendant to identify the person who was accusing them

No, the automatic anonymity still applies

. If a person is prosecuted for perjury because he/she allegedly falsely claimed to be a victim of a sexual offence, can a media report of the perjury trial legally identify this person as the defendant?

Yes

No

Yes, if the person is convicted of perjury

No, unless the court agrees that the media can identify the person 'in the public interest'

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