A man's been cleared of grooming and raping a 14-year-old girl after he was accused of contacting her through a social media site.

Joseph Bell, 26, was charged with three counts of rape and one of grooming after, it was alleged, he contacted the girl through social media and met her in the Tunbridge Wells area on November 28 last year.

But Mr Bell, of North Street in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, was cleared of all charges at Maidstone Crown Court.

He was also accused of assaulting a 16-year-old boy, and was cleared of that charge too.