Okay definitely not excusing or minimising anything he might or might not have done but just pointing out that sexual assault covers the full spectrum of unwanted contact from (for example) an unwanted kiss through to everything short of rape.
Given he has made a very specific admission I wouldn't jump to any sentence conclusions too quickly, although you are right there is a strong likelihood of a custodial sentence in any sexual assault case. For a first offence at the lower end of the spectrum he might get some sort of community or suspended sentence though.
It says he was drunk and touched a woman while she slept. This behavior is appalling and is what you'd expect from people in their late teens and early 20s not a grown man. Absolutely disgusting.
No argument from me there. Getting boozed and touching sleeping women isn't okay when you're a teenager either incidentally.
Of course not, when you're younger there is a certain amount of inexperience, peer pressure, the fact that you're off the leash, and simply that your young and dumb.
The behavior is horrible no matter what. I'm just saying that he should know better at his age whereas someone who is younger doesn't neccesrarily because of the way that society is.
I was just thinking about myself and my friends as a man approximately his age and no one I know would do something like that at our age, I thought 15 years ago someone might - but thinking about it again probably not.
I shouldn't have said anything and I regret it.