A.D appeal dismissed over sexual assault conviction

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A.D's appeal against his sexual assault conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 11 March 2021.

He was convicted on 19 November 2018 and sentenced on 5 February 2019 to two-and-a-half years, with 18 months suspended.

The court rejected arguments that the trial judge should have withdrawn the case from the jury or that the verdict was perverse.

It held that evidential inconsistencies were matters for the jury and found sufficient evidence to support the conviction.