A 20-YEAR-OLD Weston man has been acquitted of raping his childhood sweetheart.

A 20-YEAR-OLD Weston man has been acquitted of raping his childhood sweetheart.

Nicholas Chaplin, of Hans Price Close, was found not guilty on three counts after a three-day trial at Bristol Crown Court.

He had been accused after allegations were made against him by a girl he used to 'meet up with' when he was a teenager.

She had been on a night out with work colleagues on December 19 last year where she had been drinking vodka Red Bulls.