 In my view the line properly falls to be drawn between assault at common law and the offence of assault occasioning [ABH] created
by section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, with the result that consent of the victim is no answer to anyone charged with the latter
offence or with a contravention of section 20 unless the circumstances fall within one of the well known exceptions such as organised sporting contests
and games, parental chastisement or reasonable surgery.Furthermore, the possibility of proselytisation and corruption of young men is a real danger even in the case of these appellants and the taking of video
recordings of such activities suggest that secrecy may not be as strict as the appellants claimed to your Lordships.If the only purpose of the activity is the
sexual gratification of one or both of the participants what then is the need of a video recording?