A party goer has been found guilty of a sex attack on a sleeping woman after a jury rejected his portrayal of her as a drunk who enjoyed his groping.
Max Drew claimed the young mother was awake and an enthusiastic participant in the sexual activity which followed a pub crawl in Teignmouth.
A jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty of the attack which the victim claimed left her bleeding, distressed and in pain.
Drew, aged 23, of Third Avenue, Teignmouth, denied assault by penetration but was found guilty and will be sentenced next month.
Judge Jeremy Griggs adjourned his case for probation reports and granted him conditional bail.
During a three day case the single mother from Exeter told the jury how she had gone to Teignmouth for a night out with friends and gone back to one of their homes in the town.
They had been to several bars and had eventually been thrown out of one of the pub after a glass was broken.
She said she had drunk too much and gone to bed after feeling ill but had been woken by Drew who had pulled down her clothing and was assaulting her with his fingers.
She said:"I pushed him off and went to the bathroom. I told him to stop and told him I had a boyfriend. One of the others told him to get out of the house.
"I felt sick and used and disgusted. How could anyone do that to someone who was so vulnerable and trying to sleep. You see this sort of thing on the telly but don't think it is real life until it happens to you."
Drew said they had started touching each other after he went into the room to fetch cannabis from a bedside table and the sexual activity was mutual and consensual.
He said:"She was conscious the whole time and was making orgasmic noises out of her mouth like she was enjoying it and she was rubbing and caressing me the whole time from my chest to my legs.
"There was nothing about saying 'you can't do this'. I continued. She started making noises and it progressed from there. I had my hand there for five to eight minutes before she got up and said 'hang on a moment'."
He said the woman had been flirtatious with him and other men in the pubs earlier. He said:"I thought she was very leading-on and very slutty and I thought she might me up for it. It was with everyone but I would not say she was a tramp."
