A white man who was wrongly charged with rape even though the victim said her attacker was black described his "nightmare" ordeal for the first time yesterday.

They told him one of his hairs had been found on the victim's ring. But they did not mention her statement describing her attacker as "black, large and tall".

"I can understand that the police would want to question me because of my hair. But to charge me with rape when they have the victim describing the rapist as black beggars belief. I would have been happy to take part in an identity parade, but they never asked me to. Now I know why."