R v Kimber [1983] 1 W.L.R. 1118
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Updated 2024-01-04 07:03:06 UTC
Defendant indecently touched Victim, a patient in a mental hospital, without caring whether or not she consented.
CA said that Defendant “couldn’t care less," i.e. didn’t even consider her feelings - NB Caldwell recklessness applied at the time so, on this basis, Defendant was found guilty.
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