Garrett Phillips granted appeal legal aid after rape conviction

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Garrett Phillips was granted legal aid for his rape conviction appeal by the Court of Appeal, reported on 22 February 2019. He had been convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of orally raping a 20-year-old woman near Galway city in 2015 and sentenced to six years in prison.

The appeal had not been given a hearing date when legal aid was granted. Phillips had pleaded not guilty at trial, and the report records that he claimed the encounter was consensual.