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Paul Gascoigne arrived to hear the judgment was deleted, with his legal team and HR manager Katie Davies

Former English footballer Paul Gascoigne sexually a woman attacked on a train.

The 52-year-old was accused of having been on a service from York to Newcastle in August 2018.

Mr Gascoigne wept in the dock, and thanked The Jury in cheers of "Yes" from The Public gallery as The Verdict was announced.

He was also free of a small charge of assault with.

judge Peter Armstrong told Gascoigne: "you are now discharged and free to go. "He was told, he could pay his cost for the defense.

Leaving Teesside Crown Court , the former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers, Middlesbrough and Everton midfielder, The Judge and his Dentist thanked an obvious reference to previous evidence in the main hearing about him, not with his false teeth, when he was on The Train .

His lawyer, Imogen Cox read a statement in his name, namely: "a sexual allegation for more than 12 months has been hard.

"I'm so glad I was finally able to put on my side of the story, and The Jury came to the correct verdict.

"now I Am Looking Forward to My Life . "

Gascoigne said: "I'm off to The Dentist . "

In a tweet from Mr Gascoigne's personnel manager, Katie Davies , who has told him about all four days of the study, the judgments had "restored their faith in humanity".

It turned out that during the legal arguments in The Absence of The Jury , the attempted prosecution and are allowed to be failed to The Jury exacerbated over Gascoigne's previous convictions, which include crimes of battery, damage to property and racist harassment.

The Crown Prosecution Service said that it had, as The Prosecution in the case.

A spokesman said: "We examined the case in accordance with The Code for crown prosecutors and it was determined to pursue that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it was in The Public interest, Mr Gascoigne for The Offence of sexual assault. "

Mr Gascoigne had said in court that he gave The Woman a "peck on The Lips ", "boost your self-confidence, after he heard a male passenger call her overweight.

But Prosecutor William Mousley had told The Jury that the defendant had "lied and lied and lied" during The Trial , heard the he had been drinking on Board The Train .

But Michelle Heeley QC, defending, said the former player had no sexual Intention .

Mr Gascoigne spoke to onlookers in front of the court

you said: "In his own naive way, he thought he was going to have a bigger woman, more body confidence.

"It is a clumsy way to go about the construction of someone, but it was not sexual. "

The Jury has been passed, a file of photos Mr Gascoigne shows kissing and kissed by famous footballers and fans.

A photo of him kissing Diana, Princess of Wales, was also shown to The Jury .

Mr. Gascoigne about what happened on the trip from Birmingham to Newcastle on 20 August last year.

'Drunken state'

The former footballer said of traveling with his nephew, while the driving want of the guests were asked for selfies and autographs, he heard A Man , a passenger: "What are you, a photo of her? She is fat and ugly. "

Mr Gascoigne to The Jury , said-he had problems with his weight and "automatically" went to sit next to The Woman , to reassure you.

he said, He said to her: "You're not fat and ugly, you're beautiful. "

Mr Gascoigne was in a "drunken state" when he was arrested, said the court, although he said he had implanted pellets in his stomach, made him sick if he drank spirits, and denied being drunk.

British Transport Police PC Robert Moody , said Mr. Gascoigne had been drinking beer in a Hotel Lobby when he arrived to arrest him.

PC Moody, he said to talk to him before you had to travel to The Hotel , told jurors Mr Gascoigne, said: "I know what it is, I kissed a fat girl. "

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Source of news: bbc.com