[Stoat]

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.

Agreed on all counts, although with the legal focus on 'knife crime' in the UK these days, the girl and / or her parents might have been afoul of the law merely for allowing an 'edged weapon' near her.

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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.

[Tax-chick]

the girl and / or her parents might have been afoul of the law merely for allowing an 'edged weapon' near her.

She could say she took it out of the kitchen drawer while she was sleepwalking :-).