Wedding guest cleared of sex assault

A marketing boss has been cleared of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman after he told a court he stopped touching her when he realised she was not responding. Ben Benson, 34, went to a nightclub after attending a friend’s wedding and then stayed overnight at a flat in north London, on December 15, 2018. Benson claimed he was concerned the complainant might choke on her own vomit and got into the bed beside her, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. But the…