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Mon 04 Apr 2010Goody widower acquitted of rape

Jack Tweed, widower of reality television star Jade Goody, walked free from court today after he was found not guilty of raping a student.

A jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court, in east London, took less than 30 minutes to find the 22-year-old club promoter not guilty of two counts of raping the woman at his home on September 4th last year.