Kirkpatrick cleared of indecent assault

THE KIRKPATRICK CASE:

* 1982 - Actor Maggie Kirkpatrick cast on Prisoner

* She becomes a household name for playing Joan "The Freak" Ferguson

* 1984 - Kirkpatrick invites a 14-year-old girl over for dinner

* 2013 - The woman tells police Kirkpatrick indecently assaulted her

* 2014 - Kirkpatrick in court on sex charges, vows to fight allegations

* Kirkpatrick says she sent the girl home after dinner in a taxi

* 2014 - Magistrate finds Kirkpatrick guilty of indecent assault and an act of gross indecency with a child

* Kirkpatrick appeals conviction

* 2015 - County Court upholds appeal, clears Kirkpatrick of wrong-doing.