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Q: On the morning of July 25th, did you walk from the farmhouse down the footpath to the cow shed?
A: I did.
Q: As a result, you passed within a few yards of the duck pond?
A: I did.
Q: And did you observe anything?
A: I did. [Witness remains silent.]
Q: Well, could you tell the Court what you saw?
A: I saw George.
Q: You saw George -------, the defendant in this case?
A: Yes.
Q: Can you tell the Court what George ------- was doing?
A: Yes. [Witness remains silent.]
Q: Well, would you kindly do so?
A: He had his thing stuck into one of the ducks.
Q: His "thing"?
A: You know... his thing. His di— I mean, his penis.
Q: You passed by the duck pond, the light was good, you were sober, you have good eyesight, and you saw this clearly?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you say anything to him?
A: Of course I did!
Q: What did you say to him?
A: Morning, George.

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I think that the ducks, and the squirrel, were just really focused on mating at the time. Their partners' dead status wasn't part of the turn-on.

...It was a joke!!!!

Scenario : At a wild party, the accused was found having carnal knowledge with an aparently unconscious female. Police were called, and discovered that the "victim" had in fact been dead for a few hours from a drug overdose. Accused was charged with commiting an indecency to a dead body.

At trial, the defence was that he didn't have the requisite "intent" (mens rea) to commit the charged offence, as he had been too wasted to realize the woman was dead.

Verdict: Guilty. If he didn't know she was dead, he must have thought she was alive. Obviously she could not have in any way indicated "consent". Sexual intercourse without consent is sexual assault, a crime for which self induced intoxication does not constitute a defence. Therefore, since he had the intent to commit the more serious offence of sexual assault (back then, rape, I think), that intent could be transferred to the less serious offence of indignity to a dead body.

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Originally posted by brebis noire:
She had been dead for several hours? And he didn't notice that she was somewhat, um, cold?

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Originally posted by brebis noire:
James, you've discovered the antidote to...(here it comes AGAIN): Absorbshun!

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I went on a team building / work excursion in Arizona a few years back with a bucnh of Americans. One of the organized activities was a dove hunt. For the life of me I couldn't understand why a) killing stuff was though of as morale booster and b) why they would expect me to take part.

However I tagged along (since my job at the time depended on attending) just to watch. I was disgusted. It was a mockery of the idea of hunting for food or in a responsible manner. They never even retrieved the ones they shot!! I think over the course of the 4hrs about 500 doves were killed by 6 guys.

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However, Mr Moeliker was informed of an American case involving a squirrel and a dead partner, although in this case it is not known whether the necrophilia observed was homosexual or not as the victim had been run over by a truck shortly before the incident.

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