UK: 'I've been torn apart by false rape claim'

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'A MAN cleared by a jury of raping a pensioner says his life has been ruined by the false accusation.

And George Northam is now calling for rape suspects not to be named unless they are convicted.

The 29-year-old, from Exeter, overcame an intense crown court trial last month, but now says he is continuing to suffer despite being acquitted of the charge.

He has decided to break his silence to reveal the trauma of being wrongly accused of rape — and to say why he feels his identity should not have been made public.

The jury unanimously found Mr Northam not guilty of rape within hours of retiring to consider its verdict.

He told the court the woman had imagined the sex attack.

But despite being told he was free to go by the judge, Mr Northam said that he stepped out of the courtroom into a world where he lives in fear of ridicule.'