Sarah Vine secures first acquittal in ‘child sex doll’ prosecutions
R v DA (Chelmsford Crown Court, January 2018)
In this case, A was charged with importing a child sex doll. The doll in question was a ‘hybrid’ of child and adult features. At the close of the Prosecution case, Sarah argued that there was insufficient evidence upon which a jury could convict A of the charge. The judge upheld this submission, resulting in the first acquittal in a prosecution for an article of this kind.
