The defendant’s convictions for raping his partner were safe where there was expert evidence that his mental illness had not affected his ability to understand whether his partner had consented. Even if that were wrong, delusional beliefs that a victim was consenting could not render reasonable a belief that the victim was consenting when they were not.
ASSAULT CONSENT CRIMINAL DAMAGE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DELUSIONAL BELIEF IN CONSENT EFFECT OF DEFENDANT’S MENTAL ILLNESS JURY DIRECTIONS MENTAL DISORDER RAPE REASONABLE BELIEF REASONABLENESS OF BELIEF IN CONSENT TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE s.1 SCHIZOPHRENIA SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.1(1)
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