In January 1918 he was arrested and charged with gross indecency.

Oscar Wilde was in prison for "gross indecency" from 1895 to 1897.

An 1885 law prohibited "gross indecency", which included all erotic conduct between men.

I persuaded the others to find no more than gross indecency.

He was subsequently arrested and charged with four counts of "gross indecency".

At the end of the 19 th century, "gross indecency" could not even be described in court.

After losing his case, Oscar was tried and eventually convicted of "gross indecency."

This section created the offence of gross indecency between men.

In 1895, Wilde was sentenced to two years' hard labour for gross indecency with men.