31. They had been prosecuted under the Offences against the Person Act 1828, which had replaced the 1533 Buggery Act. 32. "Repeat Offenders " of buggery also get placed on the Sex Offenders Register for the remainder of their life. 33. I realize it stems from " buggery ", i . e . anal sex or sex with an animal. 34. Five years after Spencer's execution, Hogg was implicated in " the most interesting buggery case " ever. 35. The Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalized buggery in certain circumstances ( consensual, between two people, in private ). 36. In 1965 a warrant had been issued for Reddington s arrest on charges of buggery and indecent assault of males. 37. Until then, offenders were charged with buggery ( sodomy ) without consent and faced a maximum penalty of 10 years. 38. Anal intercourse is sometimes referred to as sodomy or buggery , and is considered taboo in a number of legal systems. 39. But the jury failed to reach a verdict on another charge of indecent assault, one of rape and one of buggery . 40. If a man in 2015 admitted committing buggery in 1965, before the law changed, he is admitting to a crime.
