Man with ‘sexsomnia’ not guilty of raping woman after judge warns jury in Sydney trial The 40-year-old had a medical condition where people exhibit sexual behaviour during sleep, court heard.
The 40-year-old told the seven-day jury trial he was experiencing an episode of sexsomnia, a medical condition where people exhibit sexual behaviour during sleep.
On Thursday, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty of having non-consensual sex with a woman at his Sydney apartment on 26 August 2022, after the pair spent a night out together.
There were no current laws, rules or regulations about having sexsomnia or doing something while having the medical condition, the judge said.
Rowland and the woman went drinking at a cocktail bar in inner-city Darlinghurst on the night of the alleged rape, returning to his apartment about 1am, the jury heard during the trial.
