A FOOTIE star wept within the dock yesterday after he was cleared of rape.
Jack Diamond, 23, put his head in his fingers after a jury discovered him not responsible in quarter-hour.
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The Sunderland winger had denied attacking the lady at his house.
His trial heard the pair had been “mates with advantages” after assembly on the courting app Tinder.
Diamond advised Newcastle crown courtroom there was consensual sexual exercise at his house in 2022.
He mentioned he then advised the lady he didn’t suppose intercourse was a “good concept” and defined to the jury this was as a result of he feared issues “getting a bit too critical”.
He mentioned after being rejected, the lady turned away from him in mattress and seemed to be in a “huff”.
Eleanor Legal guidelines KC, defending, mentioned: “He isn’t on trial for being immature . . . for misreading indicators about whether or not he damage somebody.”
Exterior courtroom Diamond, of Washington, Tyne & Put on, insisted: “The final 18 months have been vastly difficult.
“I now stay up for resuming my profession.”
Diamond was on mortgage with Lincoln Metropolis final season however the deal was terminated after he was charged, and Sunderland suspended him.
