A Suffolk man accused of pinning a woman down on his bed and raping her has been cleared by a jury.

Before Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday (September 17) was Glen Dale, 32, of Normanston Drive, Lowestoft, who has denied offences including raping the woman and stealing her phone.

Dale was found guilty of using coercive behaviour and he will be sentenced on November 8 after a pre-sentence report has been prepared on him.

The jury was discharged after failing to reach a verdict on the phone theft charge.

It was alleged that Dale climbed on top of the woman, who was hitting him and telling him to get off her, and removed her trousers and underwear.

Dale had allegedly told the woman, who was still wearing her coat during the incident, that he was going to hold her hostage and he had then raped her, said William Carter, prosecuting.

When she went to leave Dale allegedly told her: “You aren’t going anywhere” and “You haven’t got any marks on you. It’s your word against mine. No-one will believe you.”.

When the alleged incident was reported to the police he denied raping her and said that just because he had sex with her didn't mean he had raped her.

Judge David Wilson granted Dale, who has been in custody since March, conditional bail.