> A person under 18 cannot legally consent to that That's a bizarre way of putting it, isn't it? It's not as if the person under 18 would be committing an offe

> A person under 18 cannot legally consent to that That's a bizarre way of putting it, isn't it? It's not as if the person under 18 would be committing an offence by giving consent, and the consent would still be valid for defending against an accusation of rape (as far as I know; see the Sexual Offences Act 2003).