May 6, 200620 yr Turn on the lights or this could happen to you. A MAN who claims he mistakenly had sex with "the wrong woman" after entering a dark bedroom at the home of a Sydney magazine editor was yesterday committed to stand trial for rape. Paul John Chappell, 31, was invited back to the editor's Bondi flat after they met during a night out. The pair went to bed and Chappell later got up to use the bathroom. But Chappell claims he mistakenly returned to the wrong bedroom, where the editor's 23-year-old flatmate was asleep. He got into bed with the flatmate and initiated sex, allegedly believing she was the other woman. The flatmate participated because she thought it was her own boyfriend who had come to bed after falling asleep in the loungeroom. When she turned on the light, the "hysterical" woman saw Chappell in her bed and realised her boyfriend was still asleep on the couch. Chappell intends to plead not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent. "The defence case is he made a mistake," barrister Wayne Flynn told the Downing Centre Court Local yesterday. "He went into the wrong room and had sex with the wrong person. More here. I dont see how the guy could be found guilty of anything. They both are at "fault."
May 6, 200620 yr Yeah, I'm amazed she's pressing charges if they both admit to making a not-so-simple mistake. I wonder if he's still dating the other flatmate?
May 7, 200620 yr The flatmate participated because she thought it was her own boyfriend who had come to bed after falling asleep in the loungeroom. Let them whip out their weiners and see if they look alike in the dark. Let the jury feel for themselves. Deal or No Deal?!
May 7, 200620 yr Unless the two guys had similar builds with similar sizes and girths, I don't see how this could be an easy mistake to make.
May 7, 200620 yr Unless the two guys had similar builds with similar sizes and girths, I don't see how this could be an easy mistake to make. They could have both been drunk.
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