Newport Crown Court
A MAN has been acquitted of the attempted rape and indecent assault of a young girl when he was a teenager in the 1990s.
Craig Callaghan, aged 42, of Oak Terrace, Fleur-de-Lys, Blackwood, was cleared of all charges following a trial at Newport Crown Court.
The jury of five men and seven women found him not guilty of one count of attempted rape and four counts of indecent assault.
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He had denied the offences.
The prosecution was represented by Matthew Cobbe and the defendant by Jeffrey Jones.
Judge Richard Williams discharged Mr Callaghan and thanked the jury for their “diligence”.
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