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.
He was previously cleared of a fifth indecent assault charge after the judge said there was a lack of evidence.
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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.
He was previously cleared of a fifth indecent assault charge after the judge said there was a lack of evidence.
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