Footballer jailed for five years for rape

Sheffield United and Wales’ striker Ched Evans was jailed for five years today after being convicted of raping a woman who was “too drunk to consent” to sex.

The 23-year-old footballer, who has scored 35 times this season for the League One club, is now considering an appeal against the jury’s verdict at Caernarfon Crown Court where his co-defendant, Port Vale defender Clayton McDonald, was found not guilty of the same charge.