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| Soldier cleared of rape of girl | |
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| A soldier has been cleared of raping a girl in a central London park. | |
| Adam Bray, 21, was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of two counts of raping the 17-year-old. | |
| David Wright, 25, was found not guilty on one charge of raping the girl last September. But the jury failed to reach a verdict on two further counts. | |
| The pair, from the Household Cavalry, which guards the royal family, had claimed the girl consented to sex with them in Green Park. | |
| A hearing will take place later this month to decide if there is to be a retrial for the two outstanding counts of rape against Mr Wright. | |
| The incident took place after the pair had drunk a number of pints during a "merry" Friday night in London's Soho, the court heard. | The incident took place after the pair had drunk a number of pints during a "merry" Friday night in London's Soho, the court heard. |
| You know what you did that night was disgraceful Judge John Price | You know what you did that night was disgraceful Judge John Price |
| The pair met the teenager and her older sister outside a Soho bar in the early hours. The soldiers described kissing the pair before the oldest said she had to go. | The pair met the teenager and her older sister outside a Soho bar in the early hours. The soldiers described kissing the pair before the oldest said she had to go. |
| The girl claimed that Mr Bray and Mr Wright held her down and ignored her obvious discomfort during the ordeal that left her bruised and bleeding and with extensive injuries. | The girl claimed that Mr Bray and Mr Wright held her down and ignored her obvious discomfort during the ordeal that left her bruised and bleeding and with extensive injuries. |
| But when she was asked, during her evidence, if she had "ever used the word stop", she accepted she had not. | But when she was asked, during her evidence, if she had "ever used the word stop", she accepted she had not. |
| Dismissing Mr Bray, judge John Price said: "You know what you did that night was disgraceful." | Dismissing Mr Bray, judge John Price said: "You know what you did that night was disgraceful." |
| A case management hearing is to take place later this month to decide if a retrial should go ahead. |