Woman awarded payout after ‘sexsomnia’ rape case dropped

A UK woman has received $A67,000 [$86,000 USD] in compensation after her rape case was dropped, amid claims she may have suffered from “sexsomnia”.

Jade Blue McCrossen-Nethercott, 32, phoned police in 2017. She told them she thought she had been raped while asleep.

She described waking up half-naked and finding her necklace broken on the floor.

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Three years later, shortly before the trial was set to begin, charges were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Two sleep experts said it was possible McCrossen-Nethercott had an episode of sexsomnia.

Sexsomnia – also known as sleep sex – occurs when a person engages in sexual acts while they’re asleep, while appearing to be awake and consenting.

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Like sleepwalking, it’s a parasomnia, an abnormal activity that occurs during a specific kind of sleep.

The case was closed and the defendant acquitted.

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McCrossen-Nethercott has now received compensation from the CPS.

Now the CPS has “apologized undeservedly”, and said it was “committed to improving every aspect of how life-changing crimes like rape are dealt with”.

In response McCrossen-Nethercott said the CPS had “taken me to the darkest points of my life”, and that it felt “like a big triumph to be able to hold them accountable”.

The woman’s lawyers said it was “extremely rare” for the CPS to make a payout like this.

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