Guisborough man Mark Tilley found guilty of raping a child located by Cleveland Police

A man who was reported as missing after being found guilty of raping a child has located.

Former company director Mark Tilley, from Guisborough, was reported as missing on Thursday 16 February after being found guilty of child sex offences.

The 60-year-old had been standing trial at Teesside Crown Court charged with multiple counts of raping and indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14. The offences happened in the 1990s.

He was found guilty of all six counts on Thursday.

Police had issued an appeal to find him after he failed to appear at court.

Cleveland Police confirmed in a post online the man they were searching for had been located.

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