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'Appalling': Legal expert responds to former NRL player's rape convictions being quashed again

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 12 Jun 2024, 6:19pm
Jarryd Hayne's rape trial. Photo / Getty Images
Jarryd Hayne's rape trial. Photo / Getty Images

'Appalling': Legal expert responds to former NRL player's rape convictions being quashed again

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 12 Jun 2024, 6:19pm

Prosecutors are considering a fourth trial after a former Australian NRL star's rape convictions have been quashed again.

Jarryd Hayne has been released on bail, after spending a year behind bars for being convicted of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent last April.

The verdict has been overturned on the basis that the judge didn't allow further cross-examination on the complainant.

Australian lawyer Michael Bradley says it's in no one's interest for a rape case to be tried three times.

"It's appalling for everyone, it just underlines how broken the system is."

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