Statutory rape law ruled unconstitutional May 23, 2006 21:53 The Supreme Court has unanimously declared unconstitutional the law under which any man is automatically guilty of a crime if he has sex with a girl under 15. The court made its decision on several grounds, including the failure to allow the defence that a genuine mistake had been made about a girl's age. The successful challenge to the legislation was brought by a 23-year-old man. He had admitted having consensual intercourse with a girl who, he claimed, had told him she was 16. He was 17 at the time in...