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Black, who married the Olympic champion diver, 29, in 2017, was accused of assaulting Teddy Edwardes at the Freedom nightclub in Soho on August 18 last year.<\/p>\n
He was at the venue with Daley when he had an altercation with Edwardes, prosecutor Adrita Ahmed told Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He was alleged to have grabbed Edwardes’ wrist “very hard” and spilled her drink over her.<\/p>\n
But District Judge Louisa Ciecora dismissed the charge, citing inconsistencies in Edwardes’ live evidence.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Tom Daley’s husband faces trial after denying attack on woman in club<\/strong><\/p>\n “(Edwardes) said in her evidence at one point that she could not remember a wrist grab,” the judge told the court.<\/p>\n “She then said that she was sure that it did happen – and that was an obvious contradiction.”<\/p>\n The judge said CCTV footage was “not clear” due to “the angle of the camera”.<\/p>\n Court cases can be thrown out at the close of the prosecution’s case if they are so weak that a jury, properly directed, could not properly convict.<\/p>\n In this case the jury was Judge Ciecora.<\/p>\n Her decision means Black and Daley did not have to take the stand.<\/p>\n It followed a submission from Helena Duong, defending, who said the prosecution failed to prove Black grabbed Edwardes’ wrist.<\/p>\n Instead, she said Black grabbed Edwardes’ drink and spilled it on the floor.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong>
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