CPS apologises as rape case is thrown out over 'sexsomnia' claim

‘It was more damaging than the actual rape itself’: Woman’s anger as case is thrown out over ‘sexsomnia’ claim after defence lawyers accused woman of suffering from rare condition that meant she had sex while she was asleep

  • Alleged victim’s case was dropped as defence argued she had ‘sexsomnia’
  • CPS has now admitted that the allegations should have been tested at trial
  • But there is no prospect of case being reopened as attacker formally acquitted

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