NOT GUILTY: Doctor Cleared Of "50 Shades" Bamboo Cane Assault On Fiance

Not Guilty: Dr. Elvira Blakemore

A doctor, who claimed injuries she inflicted on her businessman fiancé with a bamboo cane were part of a sex game he encouraged, has been cleared of assault.

Dr. Elvira Blakemore, 41, an NHS GP, says she and 57 year-old ladder entrepreneur James Edmund Austin used the cane on each other at least ten times at £3.65m Oak Manor, which sits in an exclusive private gated estate.

Father-of-five Mr. Austin, boss of BPS Access Solutions, which claims to be the UK's number one ladder company, told Croydon Crown Court he was the victim of a sudden attack which left the bedsheets covered in blood.

Dr. Blakemore, of 23 Bournemouth Road, Holland-on-Sea, Essex, who until recently owned cosmetic surgeries in Switzerland and at her home, was found not guilty of causing actual bodily harm on June 7, last year.

She was also cleared of a separate count of common assault on July 8 at the five-bedroom house in Wood Way, Locksbottom Village, which sits in one acre of grounds and has an indoor swimming pool, gym and sauna.

The jury took just fifteen minutes to find Dr. Blakemore not guilty on both counts.