A 33-year-old man has been cleared of raping a woman in Finsbury Park on November 7 last year.

Calvin Hope, of Coleridge Road, Finsbury Park, was found not guilty by a jury in Blackfriars Crown Court.

His co-defendant, 29-year-old Daniel Hudson, of Marlborough Road, Archway, was accused of assault by beating and witness intimidation and was also found not guilty.

The verdicts were returned by the jury on Friday, May 13 following a trial.