Lawrence Barilli faced the accusations during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow
A man who allegedly told two women he suffered from sexsomnia has been cleared of raping them.
Lawrence Barilli faced the accusations during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
One woman claimed the 35-year-old pounced on her ‘a couple of hundred times’ while she was initially asleep in bed.
She said the former RAF serviceman told her he had a condition that ‘made him do it’.
It was also claimed he said to the other victim that he had sexsomnia. But, a jury returned not proven verdicts to the two rape charges.
Barilli was, however, found guilty of physical abuse of the women and could still face a jail-term when he returns to the dock next month.
The charges spanned between 2008 and 2012. The woman was regularly assaulted and called names such as ‘slut’ and ‘scum’.
Barilli would also keep tabs on one of the women, wrongly believing she was seeing other people.
Tony Graham, defending, put to him during the trial: ‘This all sounds rather controlling.’
He replied: ‘Yes, to make me feel better. I did not care about her feelings. It was all about me. I felt good because she could now be with me all the time.’
Barilli smashed up phones and a computer to try and stop her contacting people.
Barilli, of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, told jurors at the High Court (pictured) anything that happened was ‘100 per cent consensual’
Mr Graham asked did Barilli feel he ‘owned’ the woman – he stated: ‘At times I would.’
It was claimed he raped the woman – he was said to have stated he had a condition that made him have sex while he was asleep.
But Barilli, of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, told jurors anything that happened was ‘100 per cent consensual’.
Barilli claimed: ‘I actually feel sick to the stomach. I abused her, but did not rape her.’
He said that he tried to make one of the women ‘feel special’ with stays in swanky hotels including Glasgow’s One Devonshire.
The jury also heard evidence Barilli strangled her, leading her to fear that she was ‘genuinely going to die’.
The woman claimed Barilli preyed on her sexually as she slept in bed.