A man has agreed to make an emotional harm payment to a woman who complained that he had raped her as she slept but the parties have also agreed there will be no third trial.
The man, who now lives in the North Island, has been discharged and the charge dismissed by Judge Paul Kellar who was told of the agreement in the Christchurch District Court today.
The man has been granted permanent name suppression on the basis that even a report of the dismissal of a rape charge could affect his professional prospects because it would remain permanently on the internet for employers to see.