Outraging Public Decency

Outraging public decency is a common law offence that originated in England. Given this offence has not been expressly legislated, it is, in theory, an offence which does not have an identified maximum penalty. In a controversial Victorian high-profile case DPP v Pusey, the offence of outraging public decency was charged against Richard Pusey, a 42-year-old Melbourne mortgage…