Stephen Brawn, 22, was found not guilty after he had sex with a sleeping woman and posted the video on Facebook (Picture: Albanpix.com)

A man who filmed himself having sex with a woman while she was asleep and then posted the video on Facebook has been found not guilty of rape.

Stephen Brawn, 22, was cleared of rape at Ipswich crown court by a jury of eight women and four men.

He admitted to filming the act and posting it on social media but denied it was rape, saying the woman had previously given her permission and asked him to show her the video when she awoke.

Brawn, of no fixed abode, claims he should ‘never have been charged,’ the Daily Mail reports.


‘I have been under a huge amount of stress due to this case hanging over me. I haven’t been sleeping or eating properly for months.



‘This case should never have gone to court if the police had done their job properly.

Brawn posted footage of the incident on Facebook (Picture: Getty)

‘They should have looked at this woman’s other mobile phone which would have shown we had been swapping intimate pictures of each other.’

The clip was shown to the jury who observed that the woman was clearly identifiable and was obviously sleep.

The woman had said she had no idea Brawn slept with her as she was asleep or that he had recorded it.

‘She says she wouldn’t have consented to sex between them being videoed while she was asleep,’ prosecutor Charles Myatt said.

Judge John Devaux said the court was not tasked with ruling on issues of morality.

‘On any view, the defendant behaved shabbily by posting footage on Facebook, but he’s not charged with that, he’s charged with rape,’ he said.

When asked why he posted the video to Facebook, Brawn answered: ‘I don’t know.’