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Some bombs went off in Guildford in the 70s, four people were convicted, they were tried and found guilty. I think this is the basic argument of those suggesting Evans is not guilty.

Thats fair enough but if Evans is appealling and genuinely feels he has been wrongly convicted his defence team will be advising him that coming out and showing remorse would be as good as admitting guilt for the offence, that would seriously undermine his appeal so contrary to the media spin it...

Also these tweets may only form part of the appeal, if Evans defence is going down the unsafe conviction route then as unpalatable as it may seem it wont matter if he raped her or not all they have to do is prove the conviction was unsafe for whatever reason. It depends on whether they are...

O That may be so and i understand what you are saying but this does not prevent the tweets being presented as evidence by the defence. The arguments and opinions on the tweets that you are presenting will then no doubt be similarly thrashed out between the defence and prosecution and the...

You may disagree however if Evans defence barrister can produce a good argument in an appeal hearing that those tweets are relevant evidence and the court agrees then they may be presented as evidence. Whether you agree or not is irrelevant it is for the court of appeal to decide and i guess we...

Regardless i think the questions for the court to consider would be a. What do those tweets say and what is the relevance to the case. B. Can they without doubt be attributed to the victim. Im also unsure if this is the only evidence Evans is relying on to support his appeal. If he can produce...

Actually they could be relevant to the case as any defence barrister worth his salt could use them to discredit the victim as a witness and fuel doubt in the jury's minds as to whether she is a credible witness or not. I dont think its so simple as to say they are not relevant, they could be and...

So what happens if he appeals and overturns his conviction? Presumably he would no longer be regarded a rapist and be free to resume his football career? Its a possiblilty so I wonder how people feel about that?