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Killing in your sleep?

The challenges of automatism

Why is it that some people kill during their sleepwalking episodes? Jacqui de Silva illustrates with examples of relevant cases

The article is relevant for AQA A2 Law 04; OCR A2 G153 Criminal Law and WJEC LA3 Option 2: Criminal Law and Justice — Defences.

It is estimated that 10 million Britons have sleep problems, with an estimated 2% experiencing episodes of sleepwalking. Most of us think of sleep as a time to heal and rest, but sleep can sometimes have a dangerous and violent side. Homicidal somnambulism is the act of killing someone during a period of sleepwalking. Why is it that some people kill during their sleepwalking episodes?

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