Quote Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue View Post
Exactly. A jury sat through days of evidence and found him guilty. As always, people who have read a few internet articles know best.

Today they've simply said new evidence is available. He stands accused of one of the most serious crimes and we'll have to see what the new jury make of it.
Yes the jury sat through days of evidence and found him guilty. However new evidence has been produced, which after 2 days of deliberation with the appeal court judges and prosecution, they have now quashed the first verdict, most probably because the new evidence makes it likely that he did not commit rape. For the appeal court judges to make this decision, they must be convinced he did not commit the offence of rape. As I said earlier, it is very rare for the appeal court to overturn a guilty verdict