An ex-Royal Marine has been cleared of raping a woman following a night out. Declan Archer, formerly from Hythe but now living in Los Angeles, was accused of forcing himself on her after they returned from a pub to the same house in Folkestone. But a jury took just under 10 hours to find him not guilty at Canterbury Crown Court today (February 8). On hearing the verdict, Mr Archer, a former Harvey Grammar School pupil, gasped, made a prayer gesture with his hands and bowed towards the jurors from the dock. The 33-year-old had maintained he and his accuser, who cannot be identified for legal re…