A jury took less than an hour to find a former Norwich university student not guilty of the rape and sexual assault of a woman who had been in his bed.
Nayan Trivedi was studying at the University of East Anglia (UEA) when it was alleged he raped and sexually assaulted the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The 24-year-old from Southend has been on trial at Norwich Crown Court having denied rape and assault by penetration during the incident at his campus accommodation on February 3, 2019.
On Wednesday (May 3) a jury of six women and six men took just 37 minutes to find Mr Trivedi not guilty of both offences.
Mr Trivedi, who wore a blue suit, red tie, white shirt and glasses, took big breaths out as the verdicts were formally announced by the jury foreman.
He removed his glasses to wipe away tears as he sat in the dock with members of his family - who have been in court throughout the trial - quietly sobbing in the public gallery.
Mr Trivedi mouthed "thank you" to jurors as they left the court room.
Speaking briefly after his acquittal on both counts Mr Trivedi said he felt "euphoria" and was "just glad it's over".
His father added that he wanted to say "a million thanks" to his son's barrister Isobel McCarroll.
The court had heard Mr Trivedi was no longer a student at the UEA following his arrest for the offences.
But asked whether he would want to continue his studies at the UEA his father said his son would look to do "something else".
The trial, which started on April 25, heard that the woman was intoxicated and had also taken ketamine at the time of the incident.
Mr Trivedi told the trial that he and the woman had been in bed "conversing" before "she started to press up against me".
He said it had been an "intimate interaction" between the two of them.
Miss McCarroll asked whether "at any point" he believed she was not consenting?
He said: "No, not at all".
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