‘I stopped because she was not responding’

A married man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman after a friend’s wedding told a court he stopped touching her when he realised she was not responding. Ben Benson, 34, went to a nightclub after attending the 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 has heard. But the…