Paralympic gold medallist and blind peer Lord Holmes of Richmond has been cleared by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a beauty therapist during a massage.
The nine-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist had been accused of grabbing the woman towards the end of a 90-minute deep tissue massage at a five-star hotel in London on March 7 last year under the guise of seeing what she looked like.
The jury at Southwark Crown Court returned their not guilty verdict on one count of sexual assault after just over five hours of deliberations.
Holmes, of Priory Road, Richmond, Surrey, was accompanied by his guide dog in the dock and rubbed his eyes and repeatedly breathed sighs of relief after the verdict was given.
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