Posted on 12/31/2008 8:51:25 AM PST by Stoat
Sleepwalker acquitted of sexual assault - Telegraph
In the light of the experts reports the Crown Prosecution Service and the girls family declined to offer evidence against Mr Ball and Judge Stuart Baker delivered a verdict of not guilty to charges of sexual assault against a child under 13.
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How can you walk around, plop into bed and have sex while SLEEPING?
Oh, poor baby. /s
While I've never, to my knowledge anyway, had sex while I was asleep I have done a fair amount of sleepwalking after taking Benadryl.
For some reason that stuff does some very strange things to me. It's why I no longer take it for minor allergy symptoms.
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Kind of nice to have a prosecutor who is willing to provide an alibi for him right up front.
"Yeah...that's the ticket....I was sleepwalking."
To be fair, none of the articles pertaining to this case indicate that anyone 'had sex'....they describe the accused as having gotten into bed with the girl and kissing her on the lips. We don't know, of course, exactly how much else occurred but apparently this act alone is regarded as a 'sexual assault' under Crown law and was prosecuted as such.
Where does it say he had sex with her?
All I see is that he kissed her on the lips.
If he did this in his sleep, he should not be considered criminally responsible. OTOH, perhaps he should be institutionalized for treatment; until he's no longer a threat to anyone else.
This is total BS, the guy should be in jail
The title says “sexual assault”.
“This is total BS, the guy should be in jail”
Even if he were actually asleep? Would you settle for being confined in a treatment facility?
Apparently, climbing into bed with an underage child and kissing her on the lips is regarded as a form of sexual assault, hence the title. The article does not allege rape, nor does the title.
Here in the USA I believe that similar actions would also be regarded as a form of sexual assault.
This is what he as charged with:
Man cleared of sex assault on young girl after experts tell court he was sleepwalking
Sexual assault!
Man cleared of sex assault on young girl after experts tell court he was sleepwalking
Sexual assault!
Correct. And a sexual assault can take many forms and does not necessarily require those involved to actually have sex. As an example, I believe that if a man were to grab a woman's nether regions without her consent, this would also be regarded as a form of sexual assault, although no actual sexual act took place.
Yeah, “sleepwalking.” It sounds like he’s a falling-down alcoholic who emerged semi-conscious from a stupor, as they do, fell into a bed with the under-13 girl, and was functional enough to recognize a female body. “Sleepwalking” is a bit of a stretch. I assume the “family history of this type of sleepwalking” is a family history of alcoholism, if they were honest.
Most likely, the girl, not being smashed, woke up and screamed or punched him. Too bad she didn’t have a knife under the pillow.
Although I’m not conversant with the details of British law, in the U.S., “sexual assault,” as opposed to “sexual battery,” “rape,” or other charges, need not even involved physical contact. It’s a criminal charge that can be the equivalent of “sexual harassment,” the civil cause of action.
We often see the word “assault” and think it means hitting, shooting, or other physical harm, but that’s often not the meaning in law.
How can this be called “sex assault”? He is a drunken fool, but he kissed a girl on the lips. there was no “sex” or “rape”.
You can find an expert to say anything you want in court, for the right price.
IMHO this should never have come to trial. It is wrong to try a corpse.
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