A 27-year-old man accused of raping a teenage girl on Brighton beach has been found not guilty.

Joseph Eubank had denied raping the 16-year-old when she was out celebrating a friend’s birthday on 16 July 2022.

Prosecutor Beverly Cripps previously told Lewes Crown Court the girl was so drunk she “couldn’t see straight”.

Mr Eubank, of Hove, has been found not guilty of two counts of rape.

Jurors returned a unanimous verdict.

Speaking to Mr Eubank, who is a son of boxing legend Chris Eubank senior, Judge Christine Laing said: “You need to think about your behaviour.

“You need the reflect on what you did that night. It was not decent behaviour in any way shape or form.”

Giving evidence on Wednesday, Mr Eubank said he had initially approached the teenager because “she was attractive” and that their encounter was “all very fluent and all very consensual”.

“The body language was very clear,” Mr Eubank told the court.

“There was smirks, smiles, intense looks that we were sharing. Showing we were both attracted to each other.”

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