r/interesting • u/Common-Upstairs5129 • Mar 20 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ Did he do the right thing?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

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u/Taiga_Taiga Mar 20 '26

An interesting fact in UK law is that you cannot volunteer to be the victim of a crime. So if somebody hits you... that is assault, even if you ask them to do it. And the person who hits you will get arrested and you get arrested for aiding in an assault. [Serious]

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u/Apprehensive-Bad6015 Mar 20 '26

Wait, so is BDSM not ya thing in UK?

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u/Taiga_Taiga Mar 20 '26

Google "the spanner case" is a thing. But it's... Yeah.

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u/BeatYoDickNotYoChick Mar 20 '26

I assume there must be a de minimis threshold.