Conor McGregor case not yet over as judge awards legal costs to Nikita Hand 

At court, stakes were still extremely high, writes Sean Murray, even though a jury had already found in favour of Nikita Hand in her case against Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor at the High Court with his girlfriend Dee Devlin for his civil trial. The jury ruled that he did rape Ms Hand. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

It felt a lot more low key heading into court room 26 for the costs hearing in the Conor McGregor civil rape case.

Two floors below was court room 24 where a jury of eight women and four men listened to shocking, and often harrowing evidence, across two weeks.