Ched Evans - serious injury

It seems that, even in light of a jury unanimously acquitting him in next to no time at all, some people want Evans to be guilty which I find utterly bizarre. Surely it's best to hope that he definitely is innocent and therefore no rape took place?
Strange isn't it. On the huge thread on this in Off Topic a year or two ago when people pointed out that they thought the evidence against Evans seemed flimsy and that the conviction may be unsafe the general argument against that seemed to be along the lines of "well a jury found him guilty having heard all the evidence, he's a convicted rapist and that's good enough for me". Now that has been quashed and a jury has heard all the evidence and he is no longer a convicted rapist, apparently a different set of rules apply.
 
If you read my other post i state that i didnot think it should have gone to court in the first place i could never understand why one was cleared and one was not why on earth did the new witnesses only come forward when a reward was on offer
Is that true, I thought the timeline wasn't quite that straightforward and at least one of the two witnesses came forward the day after the original verdict which was a long time before any reward was offered. I might be wrong on that but pretty sure I read that in one of the broad sheets a week or so ago.
 
Is that true, I thought the timeline wasn't quite that straightforward and at least one of the two witnesses came forward the day after the original verdict which was a long time before any reward was offered. I might be wrong on that but pretty sure I read that in one of the broad sheets a week or so ago.

Unless the newspaper report I was reading last week was wrong, I think that witness actually came forward on the very same day Evans was originally convicted
 
Very odd case from start to finish. How was McDonald found not guilty initially but Evans was guilty? Was the girl capable of consenting to sex with one then not the other. Not sure how true this is but apparently she only went to the police to report her bag being stolen and has never accused Evans of rape? Evans is guilty of being a complete dickhead and treating his girlfriend and this girl like shit.
 
Unless the newspaper report I was reading last week was wrong, I think that witness actually came forward on the very same day Evans was originally convicted
Yes, that could have been what I read too. Either way, it was nothing to do with any reward, it was years before that was offered. I'm pretty sure both witnesses said under oath that they were not receiving payment for their evidence as well but certainly the reward angle was one the prosecution were trying to use to their advantage. Presumably the jury found the new evidence compelling although I can't help but wonder whether even without the new evidence a different jury (from the one in the first trial) would have found him not guilty anyway not that he could have got the retrial without the new evidence.
 
Is that true, I thought the timeline wasn't quite that straightforward and at least one of the two witnesses came forward the day after the original verdict which was a long time before any reward was offered. I might be wrong on that but pretty sure I read that in one of the broad sheets a week or so ago.

Yeah i am getting it all right he was found guilty of rape he brought in a new legal team who offered £50.000 for new evidence.pity the new witnesses did not come forward in the first place the case would proberbly never got to court.and he would not have spent 5 years pleading his innocence to a crime he did not commit

I had assumed that the witnesses didnt come forward until her name had been leaked on social media?
 
I had assumed that the witnesses didnt come forward until her name had been leaked on social media?
Not sure but definitely read last week in one of the reports that Evans' legal team had said that one had come forward around the end of the first trial. I live about ten miles away from Rhyl these days (don't worry where I live is NOTHING like Rhyl) and I met loads of people who knew who the girl was before it was leaked on social media and I have heard lots of opinions on Evans and the girl from people who clam to know them or know of them. Obviously I take lots of it with a pinch of salt but it is a much smaller community in rural North Wales, every fucker seems to know each other and knows everyone else's business.
 
I wonder what it would take for some people to acknowledge that she was in some way, even slightly, responsible for her own actions?
Evans is an arrogant prick who, in my opinion, treats women as a commodity and a perk of being wealthy and famous.
If this woman has a problem remembering things when she's pissed or makes the wrong decisions after a few drinks ,then purely for her own well being and safety, she should address that.
 

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