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A 27-year-old antheral accused of raping a teenage miss connected Brighton formation has been recovered not guilty.
Joseph Eubank had denied raping the 16-year-old erstwhile she was retired celebrating a friend’s day connected 16 July 2022.
Prosecutor Beverly Cripps antecedently told Lewes Crown Court the miss was truthful drunk she "couldn't spot straight".
Mr Eubank, of Hove, has been recovered not blameworthy of 2 counts of rape.
Jurors returned a unanimous verdict.
Speaking to Mr Eubank, who is simply a lad of boxing fable Chris Eubank senior, Judge Christine Laing said: “You request to deliberation astir your behaviour.
“You request the bespeak connected what you did that night. It was not decent behaviour successful immoderate mode signifier oregon form.”
Giving grounds connected Wednesday, Mr Eubank said helium had initially approached the teen due to the fact that "she was attractive" and that their brushwood was "all precise fluent and each precise consensual".
"The assemblage connection was precise clear," Mr Eubank told the court.
"There was smirks, smiles, aggravated looks that we were sharing. Showing we were some attracted to each other."
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