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Meaning of carnal knowledge

Carnal knowledge is the penetration of a woman’s vagina by a man’s penis. It does not really matter how deep or however little the penis went into the vagina. So long as there was some penetration beyond what is known as brush work, penetration would be deemed to have occurred and carnal knowledge taken to have been completed.

G/CPL VALENTINO GLIGAH AND EC/1 ABDULAI AZIZ ATISO V. THE REPUBLIC CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. J3/4/2009 [2010] SLR (SC) 1 · Supreme Court · 2010 · DOTSE JSC

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