Man jailed for rape was acquitted of false imprisonment

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A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl. The proceedings were reported on 2 June 2022.

He had denied the charges. A jury at the Central Criminal Court convicted him of rape and sexual assault, but found him not guilty of falsely imprisoning the girl.

The offences took place in the midlands on 27 December 2016. The man was 17 at the time.

Ms Justice Tara Burns also imposed two four-year sentences for sexual assault. All the sentences were to run concurrently.