Richard Cobb acquitted of three counts of rape at Burnley Combined Court (Image: Newsquest)
A MAN has been acquitted by a jury of three counts of rape in south Cumbria.
Richard Cobb was on trial this week at Burnley Combined Court facing three counts of raping a woman in 2017.
All of the offences were alleged to have taken place in Coniston.
A jury took just over 90 minutes to acquit the 48-year-old, of Greenacres, Bangor, of the charges on June 27.
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