Abstract
Sir, The recent Letter to the Editor by Drs Ebrahim and Fenwick (2012) challenges one sentence in a 2010 article published in Brain (Siclari et al. , 2010) stating that, because of the lack of reliable evidence, alcohol-induced sleepwalking should not be allowed as a defence to criminal acts. This, in turn, refers to an article published 22 years ago (Mahowald et al. , 1990). Drs Ebrahim and Fenwick express concern that defendants who have allegedly committed criminal acts while severely intoxicated with alcohol are potentially being denied a valid defence. In our opinion, claims of alcohol-induced sleepwalking violence or sleep sex …
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