But control-freak Barilli is convicted of abusing women and could still face jail
A MAN who allegedly told two women he suffered from sexsomnia has been cleared of raping them.
Lawrence Barilli had 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 asleep in bed. She said the ex-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.
Yesterday, a jury found the rape charges not proven – but Barilli was found guilty of physically abusing the women and could still face a jail term when he returns to the dock next month.
The first woman was just 17 when the attacks happened.
Jurors heard Barilli would get angry at the smallest of things, like her not opening a window for him when he was warm.
The woman was regularly assaulted and called names like “slut” and “scum”.
She was described as “cowering” at the 18-stone monster.
Barilli even stormed into her work one day in an “absolute rage” after she got a text from her boss. The incident left the woman unable to return to her job.
Barilli’s QC Tony Graham said: “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.”
Barilli, of Clydebank, was said to have stated he had a condition that made him have sex while he was asleep – but he told jurors anything that happened was “100 per cent consensual”.
He said: “I feel sick to the stomach. I abused her but did not rape her.”
Barilli also unleashed his temper on a second woman. He claimed he tried to make her feel special with stays in swanky hotels including Glasgow’s One Devonshire.
But, in reality, it was his way of controlling her and stopping her seeing family and friends.
The woman said she was attacked during a Spanish holiday when she jokingly accused Barilli of cheating at cards. He later flipped, claiming she loved attention from “slimy” waiters.
The woman claimed Barilli preyed on her sexually as she slept.
She said: “I did not really know what to think. I thought it was something that he was trying to spice up the relationship. It was silent throughout... I did not like it.”
The mum said it happened “a couple of hundred times” but Barilli said he had “a condition that makes him do that”.
The woman told the trial: “He said it was sexsomnia.”
Barilli was convicted of assaulting the first woman and a breach of the peace against her. He was also found guilty of physical attacks on the second victim and causing her “fear and alarm”. Sentence was deferred until November 22. Who killed Emma?
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