Toronto man was acquitted on rape charges due to yet another case of "sexsomnia"

[ccharles000]

A Toronto man found not criminally responsible for sexually assaulting a woman because he suffers from sexsomnia will not face any restrictions on his freedom, the Ontario Review Board ruled Thursday.

Jan Luedecke does not pose a significant threat to public safety, the board said in granting him an absolute discharge.

“Mr. Luedecke has been living in a community without any difficulty whatsoever since the ... offence more than six years ago,” the board wrote in its unanimous decision.

“The evidence falls far short of satisfying us that Mr. Luedecke remains a significant threat.”

The board was responsible for determining what conditions, if any, were to be placed upon the landscaper, who suffers from the rare sleep disorder.

A lawyer for the Attorney-General's office argued that Mr. Luedecke remains a threat and wanted him to meet with a psychiatrist at least twice a year and limit himself to one alcoholic drink a day, among other conditions.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-with-sexsomnia-not-a-threat-board/article1361566/#article

[virgogal]

1. Madness. I wonder how his victim feels.

[ccharles000]

2. kick

[ccharles000]

3. last kick

[Sinistrous]

4. No it isn't...

This is.

[ccharles000]

7. thanks

[Odin2005]

5. WTF?

:wtf:

[arthritisR_US]

6. his next victim should castrate him and have as her defense "castrationsomnia". n/t

[niyad]

8. un*******believable-- unaware, yet used a condom? please,

is this condition actually even in the dsm?

[niyad]

9. sexsomnia

Symptoms
The first research paper that suggested that sexual behavior during sleep may be a new type of parasomnia was published in 1996 by three researchers from the University of Toronto (Dr. Colin Shapiro and Dr. Nik Riviera) and the University of Ottawa (Dr. Paul Fedoroff) <1>. Later, several papers were published describing the problem and suggested that problematic forms of sleep sex are medically treatable "conditions" (see external links). The condition was defined in a paper called "Sexsomnia — A New Parasomnia?" published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry in June 2003<1>. The first doctor to coin the term "sleep sex" was Dr. David Saul Rosenfeld, a neurologist and sleep doctor from Los Angeles, California. In some cases, sufferers are aware of their behavior for a long time before they seek help, often because they lack information that it is a medical disorder or for fear that others will judge it as willful behavior rather than a medical condition. However, the reality of sexsomnia has been confirmed by sleep disorder researchers who have made polygraphic and video recordings of patients with the condition while they are asleep and observed unusual brain wave activity during the episodes similar to that experienced in other NREM arousal parasomnias. It is a mind/body disconnect that occurs during sleep. The treatment has commonalities with other NREM parasomnias, and also involves specific interventions. By avoiding precipitating factors and ensuring a safe environment, the condition could be brought to a high level of control with minimal effort.

*******Sexsomnia is not always problematic or extreme for those who experience it or for their partners.******(even rape victims????)

There is a great variety in both the frequency and levels to which people are affected by this disorder.

.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_sex

[hunter]

10. Drunk driving of a different sort.

Society doesn't tolerate drunk driving anymore, why should society tolerate this?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

11. I had an ex who suffered from that.

The first time he went after me while we were sleeping scared the shit out of me - his eyes were wide open but there was no one home. Sometimes it took a lot for me to get him off me. There were some nights it was fairly violent and I ended up punching him. He never had any memory of it the next day. That was 20+ years ago, long before I had heard of this disorder. It really freaked me out and took a serious toll on our relationship.