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Miklos Bolza

Man with 'sexsomnia' cleared of rape after jury warning

Timothy Rowland who was diagnosed with "sexsomnia" has been found not guilty of rape. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Jurors have acquitted a man diagnosed with "sexsomnia" of rape after being told to determine their verdict based on existing sex crime laws rather than laws they wished were in force.

On Thursday, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty of having non-consensual sex with a woman at his Sydney apartment on August 26, 2022, after the pair spent a night out together.

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