Dad sprayed a herbal sleep aid at a woman in shocking bid to ‘have sex with her’
Gundogan Dursan’s victim woke at 9.30am 'shocked and fearing for her safety' and he was handed a year-long community order
A DAD sprayed a herbal sleep aid at a woman in the hope she would have sex with him.
Gundogan Dursan’s victim woke at 9.30am “shocked and fearing for her safety”.
She confronted the Turkish national, 47, who would not say what was in the bottle.
The Old Bailey heard the remedy was infused with lavender, vetiver and camomile.
It could be bought at chemists and had no hypnotising effect.
Dursan, of Enfield, North London, denied any malicious intentions, hoping only that she would have “long time sleep” so “she might have intercourse with me”.
He admitted common assault and got a year-long community order.
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Prosecutor Nick Wayne said the product was freely available over the counter at chemists and was not the kind of substance that had any “powerful hypnotising” effect.
He said: “Whether it has any chemical impact in terms of improving sleep or whether its effects are as much psychological as anything else is unclear, but this is not a powerful hypnotising agent.
“It is very much a herbal remedy to assist relaxation as opposed to being the type of substance that could send somebody straight away to sleep.”
Jobless father-of-three Dursan, who walks with a crutch, fled Turkey 17 years ago.
He has since been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.