Ched Evans - serious injury

[SWP's back]

I had assumed that the witnesses didnt come forward until her name had been leaked on social media?

Good point. He'd have had no idea he'd slept with the complainant until her name was released. Another reason that having one side named in public and the other anonymous is worrying.

 

[SWP's back]

Evans is an arrogant prick who, in my opinion, treats women as a commodity and a perk of being wealthy and famous.

Like 90% of unmarried footballers and about 50% of married ones.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I had assumed that the witnesses didnt come forward until her name had been leaked on social media?

Here you go, near the bottom of this report. One of the witnesses came forward on the day he was convicted.

"The court heard that on the day Evans was convicted of rape, a man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, contacted police as he believed the conviction was wrong."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ns-cleared-of-raping-teenager-after-two-week/

 

[2sheikhs]

There are calls by some people to change the law regarding publicly naming someone who is only accused of a crime rather than waiting to see if they're found guilty.
I've just seen a woman on the news arguing that by naming them, it encourages others to come forward.
If this practice has enabled men to come forward in support of Evans, I'm sure she'd be horrified. Or is that "different"?

 

[SWP's back]

There are calls by some people to change the law regarding publicly naming someone who is only accused of a crime rather than waiting to see if they're found guilty.
I've just seen a woman on the news arguing that by naming them, it encourages others to come forward.
If this practice has enabled men to come forward in support of Evans, I'm sure she'd be horrified. Or is that "different"?

If she would have been named from the off then maybe the witnesses would have come forward and Ched wouldn't have even gone to trial and had his career ruined.

It's a tough one but the law is an ass.

 

[M18CTID]

For anyone that is interested and has a bit of spare time on their hands, this is an interesting read - notes from his successful appeal back in April and surprisingly names the two witnesses plus another person who was the mother of one of the witnesses and also a close friend of the complainant's mother:

https://www.crimeline.info/uploads/cases/2016/chedevansappealx.pdf

 

[petrusha]

BBC Radio Sheffield reporting that Sheffield United have agreed a fee of half a million quid to buy him back from Chesterfield: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39697804

 

[oakiecokie]

League One champions Sheffield United are set to re-sign striker Ched Evans from Chesterfield.

BBC Radio Sheffield reports the Blades have agreed a fee of £500,000 with the Spireites, who have been relegated to League Two.

Evans, 28, joined Chesterfield last summer and scored seven goals in 29 appearances this season.

He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances in his first spell at Bramall Lane.

In October 2016 Evans was found not guilty, following a retrial, of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in 2011.

He was initially found guilty in 2012 and served two-and-a-half years of a five-year prison sentence, but his conviction was quashed in April 2016.

 

[Helmet Cole]

Surely thus case is a perfect example of why the courts should be able to consider the lesser offense of 'surprise sex' under these sorts of circumstances?

 

[Tanzeylee]

Ched rejoins Sheffield Utd on a 3 year contract-SSN