Adults who receive oral sex from underaged girls are not breaking the law unless they touch them, a court heard yesterday.
'Oral sex itself will not amount to an indecent assault,' defence barrister Cheng Huan SC said, adding that it was impossible to 'assault' someone without touching them.
'If a girl says 'I want to have oral sex with you' and he does nothing while she performs it, is he guilty of indecent assault?' Mr Cheng asked the Court of Appeal.
Police discovered his client, a teacher, receiving oral sex from a 14-year-old pupil in the back seat of his car on May 2 last year.
The 32-year-old's hand was up her school uniform.
Mr Cheng conceded that his client had admitted 'fondling' the girl, but said there was no evidence he had touched her indecently.
'He could have meant fondling her toes,' the barrister said.
