A man accused of kicking a woman’s head four times has been cleared by a jury.

Keyur Patel was sharing a house in Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds with the alleged victim and four other residents when he allegedly attacked her in the early hours of December 13, 2020, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

The woman claimed she hit her head on a radiator in the kitchen and suffered bruises and swelling to her face as a result of the force of the alleged kicks.

She went to West Suffolk Hospital for treatment and when Patel was arrested he claimed the alleged victim was having a mental health episode in the kitchen and had caused injuries to herself by banging her head against the wall.

Patel, of South Street, Elgin, Scotland denied assaulting the woman causing her actual bodily harm and was cleared after a trial.