Bolton crown court, where a man known as “AR” was cleared of rape six years ago

A man lodged a challenge at the UK’s highest court yesterday after the police disclosed his acquittal on a rape charge when he applied to be a teacher and then a taxi driver.

The man, known only as AR, who was cleared of rape at Bolton crown court in 2011, argues that the disclosure by Greater Manchester Police was a violation of his presumption of innocence under the European Convention on Human Rights.

He was a qualified teacher who had previously worked as a taxi driver and faced an allegation of rape made by a teenage girl who was a passenger in his taxi. He denied it and was found not guilty.

In 2011 he applied for a teaching job, triggering the criminal records check