Corrie actor Bill Roache criticises rape trial judge
Coronation Street star Bill Roache has accused the judge who presided over his rape trial of "bias" in a newspaper interview.
Cleared Corrie star 'misheard' jury verdict
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache said he thought he was going to prison after mishearing the jury at the end of his rape trial last week, the Mail on Sunday reported.
He said it was not until the judge ordered for him to be released from the dock that he realised he had been acquitted.
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