The seven women and five men had been hearing the case of Bali Hoxha who has been accused of rape and two counts of sexual assault against a woman in the city.

Norwich Crown Court heard the 28-year-old had been in the UK training Ukrainian soldiers at West Tofts Camp near Thetford at the time.

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

Neither Hoxha or the woman - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - were known to each other and were "strangers" before they met outside a fast-food shop in the city towards midnight on September 17 or in the early hours of September 18 last year.

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