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Footballer Ched Evans Cleared Of Rape After Retrial

Footballer Ched Evans Cleared Of Rape After Retrial

He's been found not guilty.

James Dawson

James Dawson

Footballer Ched Evans has been cleared of rape after a retrial at Cardiff Crown Court.

The judge finished summarising evidence before the jury of seven women and five men earlier today

Evans was previously found guilty of rape but this conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Prosecuting counsel Simon Medland QC told the court that the Chesterfield FC player 'felt entitled' to have sex with his alleged victim regardless of whether she wanted to or not.

He also accused Evans of treating the teenager with 'callous and self-centred indifference' during the alleged rape at a Premier Inn in Rhyl in 2011.

Judith Khan QC, defending Evans, told the court that he had been 'immature' but there was 'nothing sinister' about what he had done.

Only 1,070 rapists are convicted of their crime - despite the fact that 12,000 men and 85,000 women on average are raped in England and Wales every year.

Conviction rates for rape in the UK are among the lowest in Europe.

One in 20 women under the age of 60 have been raped or sexually assaulted during their lifetime - the equivalent of 800,000 victims.

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