Retrial ordered in sex assault case as juror related to man’s victim

The Court of Appeal has quashed a man’s sex assault conviction and directed a retrial, after it transpired that one of the jurors who convicted him was related to his victim in another case.
Retrial ordered in sex assault case as juror related to man’s victim

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Picture: iStock

The Court of Appeal has quashed a man’s sex assault conviction and directed a retrial, after it transpired that one of the jurors who convicted him was related to his victim in another case.

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