Footballers cleared of raping teenager
13 April 2012
A group of footballers charged with raping a 15-year-old girl walked free from court today cleared of all charges after a judge said their accuser was unreliable.
Ex-Queens Park Rangers player Terrell Forbes and four other men always denied subjecting the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to a prolonged rape ordeal over a period of almost 24 hours at a flat in south east London.
Judge Michael Hucker, sitting at Kingston Crown Court, in south west London, told Forbes, 23, Shane Sutherland, 21, Darren Wallace, 23, Philip Mighton, 23, and Ashley Campbell, 21, that they were free to go after hearing the girl's evidence.
