A Leeds man who was extradited from the US to stand trial accused of assaulting a police officer over 40 years ago has been found not guilty.
Rory McGrath, 64, was cleared of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following a trial at Leeds Crown Court where jurors were told he had allegedly punched a police officer on March 28, 1980.
The court heard how four other men were convicted in the months following the assault outside The Miners in Garforth but Mr McGrath had fled the country to Dublin before settling in New York, where he was arrested last year.
