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| Chess star father cleared of rape | Chess star father cleared of rape |
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| A father has been found not guilty of raping his chess prodigy daughter. | A father has been found not guilty of raping his chess prodigy daughter. |
| Ian Gilbert, 48, was accused of assaulting Jessie at the family home in Woldingham, Surrey, over a period of five years. | |
| He told Guildford Crown Court how his daughter was "quite capable of planning ahead" and could have made up the claims after they had argued. | |
| Jessie, 19, from Croydon, south London, fell to her death from a hotel window in the Czech Republic in July. | |
| She had been competing in an international chess tournament at the time of her death. | |
| Drip-fed information | |
| Mr Gilbert, a Royal Bank of Scotland director, was accused of repeatedly raping Jessie between 1995 and 2000. | |
| The jury also found him not guilty of two counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault on other people. | |
| The jury took about 15 hours to reach its verdicts. | |
| During the trial Mr Gilbert suggested Jessie may have deliberately drip-fed information about the alleged abuse to family and friends before she contacted police in order to make her story more credible. | |
| Mr Gilbert showed little emotion when each verdict was declared. | |
| His wife Sally was present with him at the court. |