WOMAN CONVICTED OF RAPING MAN

BERGEN, Norway, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Norweigan appeals court has upheld a woman's rape conviction for forcing sex on a sleeping man.

Woman rapist appeals conviction

(November 7, 2005) -- A 24-year-old Norwegian woman convicted of raping a man appealed her conviction Monday, saying the sex was consensual.

The alleged assault took place at a post-party gathering in a Bergen apartment in Jan. 2004. The woman admitted to performing oral sex on the man but claimed he was awake and approved, Aftenposten reported.

The man awoke and became extremely upset. He said he has had psychological difficulties as a result of the incident.
The appeals jury again found in favor of the victim.

They said the woman lost credibility by changing her story just before the first trial began.
She had originally denied that any sexual contact took place, but then said it was consensual after a DNA report emerged.

This is the first time in Norway that a woman has been convicted for rape as the sole assailant.

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