A man accused of raping a sleeping woman has claimed he has sexsomnia- a condition in which a person commits sexual acts when asleep.
The 27-year-old man from northern Sweden told investigators he was innocent as he was asleep at the time of the alleged rape.
The incident took place in June last summer in the village of Vilhelmina.
Prosecutors charged the man with rape, because the woman was judged to be in a helpless state at the time of the incident.
But the man has denied it was an intentional act and has proclaimed his innocence saying he was asleep and unaware.
'I was awakened by her pushing me away and asking, 'Are you awake?',' the man said under questioning, according to a Swedish newspaper.
The accused man claimed it was not the first time he had woken up to find he had engaged in sexual intercourse without his knowledge.
He cited an ex-girlfriend who he said would tell him when he woke up in the morning that he had intercourse with her in his sleep.
In response to the rape allegations, he defended his actions saying that he suffers from somnambulism and sexsomnia.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-woman-claimed-sexsomnia.html#ixzz1q36pkBn1
Question: Any of you believe this?
The 27-year-old man from northern Sweden told investigators he was innocent as he was asleep at the time of the alleged rape.
The incident took place in June last summer in the village of Vilhelmina.
Prosecutors charged the man with rape, because the woman was judged to be in a helpless state at the time of the incident.
But the man has denied it was an intentional act and has proclaimed his innocence saying he was asleep and unaware.
'I was awakened by her pushing me away and asking, 'Are you awake?',' the man said under questioning, according to a Swedish newspaper.
The accused man claimed it was not the first time he had woken up to find he had engaged in sexual intercourse without his knowledge.
He cited an ex-girlfriend who he said would tell him when he woke up in the morning that he had intercourse with her in his sleep.
In response to the rape allegations, he defended his actions saying that he suffers from somnambulism and sexsomnia.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-woman-claimed-sexsomnia.html#ixzz1q36pkBn1
Question: Any of you believe this?
