age. rape trial dropped due to victim's supposed sexsomnia in 2022, a case came to light in england, where an allegation of rape in 2017 was dropped in 2020 by the crown prosecution service (cps) due to expert opinion that the woman involved had sexsomnia, and so the male defendant may have believed that she was consenting, and was thus formally acquitted. the woman involved later appealed the decision. a chief crown prosecutor separate from the department that made the decision to close the case reviewed the evidence of the case again: he concluded that the case should have gone to court; that the expert opinions on sexsomnia should have been challenged in court; and that the decision to close the case was a mistake. the reviewing chief prosecutor apologised unreservedly to the woman when concluding the review. despite the review, the case could not be reopened because the case had been formally closed and the defendant declared not guilty.