Natalie Pona, the then Sun reporter, broke the story of the
first case of sexsomnia in the fall of 2005.
On 30
November 2005, a Toronto court acquitted a man
of sexual
assault after he was diagnosed with sleep sex
disorder, although prosecutors have filed an appeal of the
acquittal as of February 2006.[1]
The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal on 7
February 2008
[2]
In Britain a man from York was cleared of three counts of rape
on 19
December 2005.[3]
In Australia, a woman was reported as leaving her house at night
and having sex with strangers while sleepwalking.[4]
On 8
August 2007, a British RAF mechanic
was cleared of a rape charge after the jury found him not
responsible of his actions when he had sex with a 15-year-old
girl.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_sex
