Unnamed man’s rape and sexual assault appeal dismissed

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The unnamed appellant’s appeal against rape and sexual assault convictions was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 9 May 2024. He was serving a 12-year prison sentence, with 12 months of post-release supervision, after a jury convicted him at the Central Criminal Court in March 2022 on 61 counts involving his former partner and her son. The appeal challenged the admission of photographs, the handling of a witness’s evidence and the prosecution’s re-examination of a complainant. The court rejected the existing grounds and refused permission to add proposed grounds concerning the trial judge’s jury directions.