The boyfriend of Baby P's mother has been found guilty of raping a two-year-old girl.

The 32-year-old was found guilty after a ten-day trial at the Old Bailey.

In the same trial, a jury cleared Baby P’s mother of failing to prevent the attack.

The girl, like 17-month-old Baby P, who can now be named as Peter, was also on the Haringey Council child protection register.

And her ordeal which started in February 2007, only ended when the boyfriend was arrested following Peter's death in August 2007.

The adults, who also cannot be identified, had to be tried under false names so jurors would not be influenced by an internet campaign outing their role in Peter's death.

They have both been remanded in custody and will be be sentenced on May 21 and 22.

The boyfriend will be sentenced for rape and for causing or allowing Peter's death.

Peter's mother and lodger Jason Owen will be sentenced for their roles in the toddler's death.

Judge Kramer warned that the boyfriend could face a "substantial" sentence, possibly life imprisonment.

The four-year-old appeared in court via video link making her one of the youngest witnesses to give evidence in a criminal trial. Jurors also watched a video interview recorded when she was just three years old in which she told officers how her abuser had "hurt her" while playing with toys.

She was also asked to show officers how the attack took place.

In court, when she was cross examined by defence lawyers the young girl grew quiet and shifted around in her seat, nervously rubbed her eyes and crossed her arms.

Defence barristers argued the child's evidence was not reliable and suggested the idea had been put in her head by another child and that she craved attention.

Evidence from a medical examination revealed findings which were "supportive" of the allegation.

Both defendants chose not to give evidence.

Outside court, Detective Chief Inspector Graham Grant said: "It is telling that this man denied rape and in doing so forced a young and vulnerable child to endure a daunting criminal process at the Old Bailey."

Haringey Council Leader Claire Kober said: "We have accepted that things went badly wrong with our child protection in 2007, we live every day with the knowledge that more could have been done and apologise again to everyone affected. We are committed to putting things right.

We have a new director of children’s services, Peter Lewis, appointed by the Secretary of State, new senior staff, and new political leadership – I am the new council leader and I have a new cabinet member for children and young people.

"We have better scrutiny including independent random checks on case files, better internal systems, monthly reporting to Ofsted and the Secretary of State and a stronger Local Safeguarding Children Board, with a new independent chair, Graham Badman, “We are making sure that our social workers get the basics right, with new managers, new procedures to support staff and new training."