Unnamed man’s rape and sexual assault appeal dismissed

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The unnamed man’s appeal against rape and sexual assault convictions was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 6 March 2018.

He had been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of two rapes and three sexual assaults, then received an effective seven-year prison sentence. The appeal argued that the jury’s verdict was perverse, against the evidence and affected by flaws in the trial judge’s directions. The Court of Appeal rejected those grounds and upheld the convictions.