A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO MOLEST A SLEEPING BEAUT
A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO MOLEST A SLEEPING BEAUTY AT A CATFORD
PARTY WAS CLEARED OF ATTEMPTED RAPE BY AN OLD BAILEY JURY.
THE 26 YEARS OLD CLAIMED HE HAD ARRANGED TO HAVE SEX WITH
ANOTHER REVELLER AND WAS ONLY TRYING TO MOVE THE 17 YEARS OLD BLONDE
WHO HAD PASSED OUT DRUNK FROM THE BED.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS ONLY TRYING TO MOVE THE GIRL FROM THE BED TO
MAKE ROOM FOR HIMSELF AND HIS LADY FRIEND, WHEN THE GIRL GRAED HIM.
HE CLAIMED THAT IT WAS THE GIRL MAKING ADVANCES TO HIM AND
RELUCTANTLY HE SUCCUMBED TO HER SEXUAL PASSES.
HE MAINTAINED THAT THE GIRL WAS A WILLING PARTNER TO EVERYTHING
THAT TOOK PLACE AND OTHER PARTYGOERS MISTOOK WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
BEDROOM WHEN THEY BURST IN.
THE MAN WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS GIRL
AND WAS SUMMARILY HAULED FROM THE ROOM BY OTHER GUESTS, THE COURT
HEARD.
THE PROSECUTION HAD ALLEGED THAT BECAUSE THE GIRL WAS IN A DEEP
SLEEP SHE COULD NOT HAVE CONSENTED TO WHAT WENT ON.
THE MAN WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED RAPE AND INDECENT
ASSAULT ON JUNE 9 LAST YEAR.
ENDS.
