A man accused of indecently assaulting his daughter has been acquitted because he has 'sexsomnia' and was asleep and oblivious when the acts occurred. The man told the NSW District Court he was stunned when police arrested him in November 2019 and he learned what his nine-year-old daughter had accused him of doing. The prosecution conceded that the condition meant he did not touch his daughter voluntarily and he had no control over his behaviour. She wrote her a letter saying that her father had touched her 'on the girls part on perpos (sic)'. The prosecutor argued that 'sexsomnia' was a mental disorder, which would lead to a different verdict being recorded.

Source: Daily Mail June 03, 2021 20:23 UTC