Laois man to face retrial after rape conviction quashed

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A Laois man will face a retrial for rape after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction on 2 October 2023.

The appeal court sent the case back to the Central Criminal Court, where a retrial date is to be set.

The conviction was quashed after the court allowed new evidence: an affidavit from a friend of the complainant, who was 14 at the time.

The man, then 20, was remanded on continuing bail on 4 October 2023, pending the retrial.