Sleepwalker acquitted of murdering stepdad

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:18 pm

"A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time... Jules Lowe, 32, of Greater Manchester, told police he attacked his 82-year-old father Eddie while he was asleep and had no recollection of the incident in October 2003... [Dr Irshaad Ebrahim, director of the London Sleep Centre] said the tests showed Mr Lowe had indeed been sleepwalking at the time of the attack, in a state called automatism."

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Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:04 pm

It's amazing what some people can do while they sleep.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:31 pm

Wait, what?

How do they prove he was asleep at the time?

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:38 pm

First time I ever hear of this... Gonna be hard to say if guilty or inocent.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:53 pm

Dark Savant0 wrote:Wait, what?

How do they prove he was asleep at the time?

Yeah, how do they do that? They could prove after the fact that he sleepwalks, but how do you prove that a person was asleep at some point after the incident happened?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:09 am

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:30 pm

Anyone have any ideas?

Post by **pixel** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:11 pm

Magic.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:47 pm

Like the guy in Clayfighters 63 and 1/3 says, "VOODOO" and "Cluck you!