Care worker cleared of rape
A FORMER night assistant at a Suffolk residential home has been cleared of sexually assaulting a teenager with learning difficulties.Craig Brown, 47, of Second Avenue, Sudbury had denied three offences of raping the teenager in the 1990's and three alternative charges of indecent assault.
A FORMER night assistant at a Suffolk residential home has been cleared of sexually assaulting a teenager with learning difficulties.
Craig Brown, 47, of Second Avenue, Sudbury had denied three offences of raping the teenager in the 1990's and three alternative charges of indecent assault. He was cleared of all the offences.
During the two day trial at Ipswich Crown Court it was alleged that Brown had gone into the teenager's bedroom at the Barleycombe Residential Home in Sudbury and had touched him intimately before raping him.
The alleged victim told the court from behind a screen that he had told Brown to stop but he had ignored his pleas.
He claimed that after the alleged attacks Brown had told him to “keep quiet” and had then left his room.
Giving evidence during the trial Brown said he had worked at Barleycombe for a period of about two months in the 1990's before getting the sack for falling asleep while he was on duty.
Most Read
- 1 Man stabbed in back and sides in Ipswich attack
- 2 Men convicted of kidnap and rape of Ipswich girl
- 3 Forbidden Suffolk: 6 places you can't visit in the county
- 4 Two arrests made following stabbing
- 5 'We're lucky to get her back' - Drone finds missing Pinky after 17 days
- 6 'Incredibly proud': 11-year-old saves classmate choking on chicken nugget
- 7 Alleyway near Ipswich town centre remains sealed off after serious assault
- 8 Serving police officer appears in court over alleged misconduct offence
- 9 'Fantastic' new café at Needham Lake beauty spot opens its doors
- 10 Omid Djalili cracks Ipswich joke at Queen's Platinum Jubilee show
He denied ever acting in a sexually inappropriate way towards any of the residents.
