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The son of a parish priest has been cleared by jury of raping a teenager in Cardiff’s Bute Park.

Simeon Greenaway-Robbins, 20, was accused of a “psychotic” attack after the woman was left with bite marks to her cheeks and breasts.

A court heard Greenaway-Robbins, who is a rugby referee, pushed the woman to the floor after they entered Bute Park in the grounds of Cardiff Castle.

But he was cleared on Monday, December 12, by a jury after less than three hours of deliberations at Cardiff Crown Court.

Judge Neil Bidder KC said: “The defendant is discharged and he may leave the dock.”

In her police interview, the woman alleged: “He pushed me onto the floor, got on top of me, grabbed me by the neck and then he ripped my clothes, because I had a bodysuit on, he ripped it so it was completely ripped at the bottom, pulled down my leggings.

“He just pushed me onto the floor, went over me because I looked confused. I didn’t know what to do, I was grabbing onto the grass because I was scared.”

She said Greenaway-Robbins, a paediatric nursing student, raped her twice inside the park in November 2020.

She said: “He was whispering, I froze, grabbed onto the grass. I was terrified, I thought he was going to kill me.”

David Elias KC, defending, said CCTV showed the woman kiss Greenaway-Robbins following the alleged attack.

He said: “She puts an arm around his waist, leans up and kisses him. He told you that as far as he was concerned she was happy and fine. Is the CCTV consistent with that? We say absolutely.”

Mr Elias said the alleged victim had been “perfectly happy when Simeon left her” but made the claim after she “found herself in a bit of bother when a fuss was made when she was injured, had twigs in her hair and was crying.”

He added: “It’s quite easy to see how matters have snowballed.”

Greenaway-Robbins of Caerphilly, was cleared of two counts of rape.