Accused rapist says he was sleepwalking

THE Queensland jury was warned from the outset – this was one of the most bizarre rape cases they were likely to hear. Toowoomba mechanical supervisor Darryl Kenneth Lotz, who was sleeping off a boozy night out at his mate's place, was accused of walking into the main bedroom, getting into the bed and raping his friend's girlfriend while the other man slept beside them. At first, the female victim went along with the sexual activity believing it was her partner. It was only when she heard her boyfriend snoring on the other side of the bed that she turned around to find that the man she was having sex with was their overnight guest. She fled from the room in hysterics. Lotz's defence? He was sleepwalking. .

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