A Sudanese immigrant was today cleared of raping a university student within months of arriving in the UK.
Samir Muhammad, 21, was found not guilty of raping the young woman he met at the Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth, Dorset, nearly four years ago.
He had been accused of dragging the girl out of the venue and taking her back to a friend's flat nearby on December 5 2021.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard Muhammad had arrived in the UK in early 2021 after fleeing Sudan when he was aged 16 because it was not safe for him there. His immigration status was not revealed in court.
The first year student claimed Muhammad, whose first language is Zaghawa, raped her twice and held her in the flat for two hours.
