stunned, shocked, sickened

un effing believable

from what this sounds like, he didn't have to submit too much (if ANY) proof of his 'history of sleepwalking'. seems like a DAMN GOOD DEFENSE TO ME. i raped her BECAUSE I WAS SLEEPWALKING. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER, BUT STILL, I WAS SLEEPWALKING


How could the man who 'raped' me be cleared because he was sleepwalking?
By Olinka Koster

A rape victim has hit out at the law after the man accused of attacking her was cleared because he was sleepwalking.

Jane McKenna, 33, was asleep at home when a friend's husband, who had been a guest at a barbecue, walked into the bedroom and started having sex with her.

Jason Jeal, a 37-year-old roofer with no medical history of sleepwalking, admitted sex had taken place. But he was cleared of rape after he insisted he had been asleep and had no idea what he was doing.

Mrs McKenna, a middle-class mother of one whose husband holds a respectable full-time position, said the acquittal in June had left her feeling 'shocked and degraded'.

Last night, she waived her right to anonymity to highlight her concern that attackers will increasingly use the defence that they were asleep. She has already gained the support of MPs and campaigners who argue the sleepwalking defence 'defies common sense'.

Speaking at her smartly-decorated terraced home in Hampshire, she said: 'When I found out this man had been acquitted, I cried my heart out and my husband was devastated. ......