UK man strangled his wife while dreaming

The prosecution, which wanted to send him to a psychiatric hospital, has dropped the charges, so he's a free man.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV and Cripjak!

Comments

[Stu Padazzo]

Aw c'mon, who hasnt awoken to find their hands around their wife's throat? No one?

Okay, me neither.

[Jellybean]

Or holding a hot pot of coffee over their husband's head?
Uh, certainly not me!

[roxorz]

The boyfriend says I kick him in my sleep, but I doubt I could kill him that way...

[Damon]

My better half tells me that I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night aggressive, ready to protect the house from dream-land invaders.

I never remember the next day though,

I couldn't picture strangling anyone in my sleep,

Though I couldn't picture acting as if my partner was in the military with me, and barking orders at her.

I also couldn't picture yelling at my dogs to GET ON THE GROUND,

but I apparently do.

[cripjak]

Look for more cases like this happening from both sexes. "Honest your Honor, I thought I was deboning a chicken."

[Jellybean]

My daughter slept with me and hit me in the nose 3 different times through-out the night. I'm not so sure I believe she was asleep either.

[Nemesis]

LOL Jellybean....I'm told I laugh a lot in my sleep and mumble incoherent sentences. I tell my spouse that dream time for me is party time or stand up comedy night. And I have never woke up to find myself in a different place like a closet. I was in the military and saw and experinced some really bad things, but I never dream about them.

[ghost]

The guy SAYS he was asleep, but was he really?

[Thin the Herd]

Why do I have a feeling the prosecutor is going to be very chagrined when it comes out that the husband recently took out a large life insurance policy on the wife?

Or if he quickly remarries some babe 20 years younger.