Supreme Court refuses to hear McGregor’s further appeal

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The Supreme Court has refused Conor McGregor permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of his challenge to the civil jury’s finding that he raped Nikita Hand. The court said the application raised no issue of general public importance and that an appeal was not justified in the interests of justice. Its decision leaves the jury’s finding and damages award in place.

The application concerned the admission of McGregor’s “no comment” answers to gardaí at trial. The Supreme Court said the question of admissibility raised by McGregor did not arise on the facts of this case, and that he had received a fair hearing and a full appeal to the Court of Appeal. Hand welcomed the decision, which ends the legal process in the case.