Unnamed man loses rape conviction appeal at Court of Appeal

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The unnamed man’s rape conviction appeal was dismissed at the Court of Appeal on 16 June 2022, the date the decision was reported.

He had been convicted of raping his niece at her grandparents’ farmhouse in the south of the country in 1978. The report says he received a four-year-and-six-month prison sentence in February 2020.

His appeal argued that an anonymous letter raised concerns about early jury deliberations and alleged bullying. The court dismissed the appeal; the report said its reasons would be published in a later judgment.