Teenager sexually attacked woman as she slept in pub

A woman woke up after a night out to find a stranger sexually assaulting her.

Louis Griffiths invited his victim and her friends back to his home after befriending them in a takeaway in the early hours. But the 21-year-old performed a sex act on her after she had fallen asleep, then flew into a rage when he was confronted over his predatory behaviour.

Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, that the complainant had been out with friends in Warrington town centre in June 2021. Ken Grant, prosecuting, described how they visited Voodoo nightclub before leaving around 3am and visiting a pizzeria.

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It was there that one of her group began talking to a man she knew, who was with Griffiths. The then 19-year-old was unknown to the women but they agreed to return to the pub where he lived with his parents.

They continued drinking there and playing pool into the early hours. During this time, Griffiths "tried to kiss" the victim "a number of times" and invited her to go upstairs with him although she refused. Two of the women, the man and the defendant, eventually went to sleep in a spare room around 6am - he on the floor and his three visitors sharing a bed. The complainant was fully clothed and under a blanket at this stage.

However, she later awoke to discover Griffiths performing a sex act on her and found that she had been partially undressed. At this, she sat up and shouted: "What are you doing?"

But he responded by "becoming aggressive" - shouting and smashing objects including a mirror, cutting his hand in the process. His mum and stepdad then returned home, at which point he began crying and apologising as the others