The former West Ham United defender Calum Davenport has been cleared of head-butting and trying to throttle his pregnant sister during a drunken row.
The 27-year-old footballer, who has also played for Tottenham and Sunderland, was found not guilty of actual bodily harm by a jury at Luton Crown Court on Thursday.
Davenport was accused of launching the attack on his 28-year-old sister Cara after being told she was pregnant again. During his trial, it was claimed that, on August 22 last year, a heated row broke out between the pair about how she was financially going to support her second child.
Davenport, a former England under-21 international, was accused of calling his sister a ``form of cancer'' and a ``whore'' before allegedly grabbing her by the throat and bundling her to the ground.
