The accused was charged with sexual interference and sexual assault of a 15-year-old complainant who slept over at his residence.
The accused's defence was that he was intoxicated, exhausted, and mistakenly believed he was in his own bedroom touching his wife.
The court found the complainant's evidence credible and rejected the accused's defence of honest mistake of fact as implausible, given the persistent nature of the conduct, the physical resistance encountered, and the significant physical differences between the complainant and the accused's wife.
The court convicted the accused on both counts.
