Swedish man acquitted of rape charges after court accepts ‘sexsomnia’ defense

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/swedish-man-acquitted-of-rape-charges-after-court-accepts-sexsomnia-defense/

Swedish man acquitted of rape charges after court accepts ‘sexsomnia’ defense
Scott Kaufman
22 Sep 2014

A Swedish man who was convicted of rape and sentenced to two years in prison was released this month when an appeals court ruled that he couldn’t be held accountable because he was suffering from “sexsomnia.”

According to The Guardian, 26-year-old Mikael Halvarsson had no intention of having sex with his victims, so he could not be found guilty of rape.

The defendant, the court claimed, “was in a state of sleepiness, unconscious of what was happening,” and his former partner apparently confirmed that he did, in fact, suffer from this rare disorder. He had tried to have sex with her while asleep, she said, and when awoken, was confused and had no idea what was happening.

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“There are bad people and there are sociopaths,” he said. “You worry about people utilizing this diagnosis.”

[Sherman A1]

1. Interesting

hadn't heard of that one before.