Sessions House, Preston Crown Court (Image: Newsquest)
A MAN has been cleared of raping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Cumbria.
Nicholas Peel, whose address was listed as Lapstone Road in Millom on court documents, went on trial at the Sessions House building of Preston Crown Court after being charged with four counts of rape.
The 27-year-old was also said to have committed two other sexual assaults against the same complainant.
He was found not guilty of all six charges by a jury on August 13.
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