Michael Molloy loses appeal against rape and sexual assault convictions

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Michael Molloy’s appeal against his rape and sexual assault convictions was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, as reported on 3 December 2025.

The court found that prosecution re-examination of a doctor should not have been permitted, but refused to set aside the convictions because the repeated evidence was unlikely to have changed the jury’s assessment.