Bill Roache is cleared of all charges...

Coronation Street actor William Roache has been cleared of rape and indecent assault charges by a jury.



Mr Roache, 81, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was found not guilty of two rapes and four indecent assaults after a trial at Preston Crown Court.

Five women had claimed he assaulted them when they were aged 16 or under between 1965 and 1971.

During the three-week trial, Mr Roache denied knowing any of his accusers and said he had never had a sexual interest in underage girls.

In court, the woman making the rape claims changed her mind about how old she was at the time.

A fifth indecent assault charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence after the woman, who accused him of abusing her in his car, told the court she had "no actual memory" of the episode.

The trouble is, mud sticks!