Retrial finds Bartolomeo Joly de Lotbiniere not guilty of raping student in her halls of residenceA former student who appeared on the BBC TV quiz show University Challenge has been cleared of raping a woman in her halls of residence. The woman, now 22, went to police after seeing Joly de Lotbiniere on the television programme a year later. Joly de Lotbiniere denied raping the woman and told police “these are horrible, horrible lies”. Joly de Lotbiniere denied the woman had tried to push him off or had shown any signs she did not want to have sex. He hugged his family in the public gallery before leaving the court room and declined to speak to reporters outside court.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2017 16:52 UTC