Lower Age of Consent Would Lead to 'Abuse'

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ALLOWING under-16s to have sex legally would amount to 'normalising abuse', a politician claimed yesterday.

Nationalist MSP Gil Paterson told First Minister Alex Salmond that any such move would send out the wrong message.

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Lower Age of Consent Would Lead to 'Abuse'

A group of experts last year recommended a radical shake-up in Scots Law which would effectively lower the age of consent to 13 in cases of ...