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Consent is not a defense to all crime in the English jurisdiction. In serious offences like GBH or ABH it depends on the level of harm. The defense is not available for murder and manslaughter. However, in sexual offenses, it is indeed a defence provided that the consent was not obtained by fraud or the victim was mistaken as to the identity of the person.

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