United Kingdom, July 11 -- Top Boy actor Micheal Ward sobbed as he was found not guilty of rape and sexual assault on Friday (10Jul26).

The 28-year-old actor failed to control his emotions as the charges and verdicts were read out in Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, before he burst into tears as he was acquitted of all charges against him.

Ward - who won the EE Rising Star BAFTA Award in 2020 - had denied two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration, and one count of sexual assault from a woman he met outside a London New Year's party in January 2023.

Throughout the trial, which ran for two weeks, Ward insisted he thought everything he and the woman had done was "wholly consensual".

He said: "We engaged in consensual sex, ...