Stockton man jailed for raping sleeping woman

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Carl Heald from Stockton was found guilty of rape after a trial at Teesside Crown Court

A man who raped a sleeping woman at a house party while her baby slept in a cot beside her has been jailed.

The woman had gone to bed after being affected by drink and drugs on 8 March 2014 then woke up and found Carl Heald raping her.

Heald, 33, of Tithebarn Road in Stockton, claimed she consented but he was found guilty of rape after a trial at Teesside Crown Court.

He was jailed for five years and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

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