Solider cleared of rape charges because he was sleep raping

[WannaBePro]

Huh... Interesting defense.

Soldier, 46, is cleared of raping a female comrade the day after returning from Afghanistan after a jury
agreed he has sexsomnia and was SLEEPWALKING at the time

A soldier was today cleared of rape after a jury decided he was sleepwalking at the time.
Gulf war veteran Peter Atilla, 46, claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, the rare medical condition of having sex while asleep.
The court heard Atilla had no memory of undressing and having intercourse with the sleeping woman.
She accused him of rape the next day and when arrested Atilla told police: 'Maybe I was sleepwalking.'
Atilla had just flown back from Afghanistan after a six-month tour of duty supporting the SAS in dangerous situations.
The court heard he was still in 'action mode' when he went to bed with the woman, agreeing they would only cuddle.
But she was woken by her crying baby in the night and found she was naked with Atilla on top of her 'sweating and with his eyes wide open'.
Renowned sleep expert Dr Chris Idzikowski told the court: 'He has just come back from a high combat situation, he was still in action mode.
'This could have come through in his sleep.
'I've seen other soldiers who behaved in an untoward way in intimate situations on the first night home from Afghanistan.'

Atilla was known to shout out 'Get Down' in his sleep but had never shown of signs of sexsomnia before or after he was accused of rape.
But he had a history of urinating in laundry cupboards and closets in the night without realising it.
The court heard sexsomnia is extremely rare with just 95 cases recorded worldwide.
Atilla's sleep behaviour was monitored over two night at a specialist centre before the trial.
Experts discovered he stopped breathing in his sleep, ground his teeth and talked, all signs that he could be a sexsomniac.

Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard Atilla knew the woman, a former soldier, before he volunteered for a six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province.
They met up on the day he returned and she let him share her bed on the condition they didn't have sexual intercourse.
Atilla told the court: 'I put my arm around her for a cuddle, that was allowed.
'After that I rolled over and went to sleep.
'I went down in the morning and she accused me of rape. I had no memory of it.'
The court heard the cuddle may have been enough to spark the act of sexsomnia so soon after returning from being in a warzone.
The woman went to police three years later after her night with Atila brought back memories of being sexually assaulted as a child.
She broke down in tears when the jury returned a not guilty verdict after 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Judge Richard Twomlow said the evidence was some of the 'most unusual' ever heard in a courtroom.
Atilla, of Northampton, had a 'distinguished career' during 26 years in the Royal Logistics Corps where he was a Warrant Officer.
But he stayed on as a reservist and volunteered to go to Afghanistan in late 2012 supporting the SAS. He also worked with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.
In a testimonial to the court his commanding officer Lt Col Michael Crawley said: 'He was engaged in an exceptionally challenging task with Special Forces in Afghanistan.
'He has terrier like determination and was our go-to person who can achieve anything he sets his mind to.
'He is utterly reliable - I trust him implicitly.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4208832/Soldier-cleared-raping-female-comrade.html

[Pray_4_War]

Sleepcocking.  Excellent defense.  Glad it worked.

[gothorium]

Where is the proof the woman was raped?
Just because she said so?
How the fuck do you prove this bullshit?
Innocent until proven guily fuckos!
How barbaric is europe?

[robcguns]

Where is the proof the woman was raped?
Just because she said so?
How the fuck do you prove this bullshit?
Innocent until proven guily fuckos!
How barbaric is europe?

Rapist?

[Tapeworm]

Unrelated but I like putting starving women, who just returned from overseas and haven't eaten in months, at a table covered in food.  They can touch the food.  They can smell the food.  Sometimes I rub the food up against them.  Then I go to sleep.  If I found they ate any when I wake up I prosecute them for theft.

[Irongrip400]

I sometimes wake my wife up with sex in the middle of the night if I wake up with boner.

[US MUSL]

Wet dream?

[Dave D]

Did I read this correctly? She waited 3 years before reporting this?

[HockeyFightFan]

Huh... Interesting defense.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4208832/Soldier-cleared-raping-female-comrade.html

In Florida they call it the "shizzo's dad" defense.

[Yanin]

"Woken up by crying baby" "on top of her sweating.." lol so the guy was full blown pounding and she had no idea? Lol