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Possibly because the evidence doesn't definitively clear him. In other overturned cases you could have a situation that someone convicted has a case overturned due to DNA evidence proving their innocence. In this case it could be the evidence is purely throws doubt on what allegedly happened...

I don't believe for one minute that the only additional evidence is merely about her past behaviour. I doubt that the CCRC would refer the case just on that basis, as others have said, her past behaviour/character is irrelevant in determining whether this was rape or not. Those statements...

Where did you read about this new evidence then? There seems to be various sources that they have got statements from, one possibly being the girl she went to the Police with in a taxi. Presumably, she is a friend so it could be further testimony about her character and previous behaviour but...

Any hanging technique should not include a floor, goes without saying. Indeed, apologies. It was Acker/s.

Is he? I thought the appeal was based on new evidence.

I'm afraid some people are unable to entertain the possibility that there may have been a miscarriage of justice here. Their mind is made up.

Not entirely sure what your point is. There was apparently no evidence of that. Whether she said it to try and hide her cocaine use, one can only guess.

She worked at a hotel! Her mother picked her from the hotel where she woke up. She did her shift at the hotel where she worked then went back to the other hotel to view the cctv! There was apparently no evidence that she drank anything after she met McDonald.

She's entitled to publish what she wants, I didn't say she couldn't. However I'm sure she would have been fully aware of the consequences of putting that in her book. It's your prerogative not to put a negative slant on it just as it is mine to think otherwise. Same applies to Esther Rantzen...

I don't think there is any dispute she had drunk that evening. The reason that no alcohol was found was because she reported it to the Police long after she had woken up in the hotel room, ie she did a a shift at the hotel where she worked during the day so the alcohol would have been...

Ulrika decided to use the incident in a book from which she profited. I have every sympathy with every rape victim and cannot imagine how hard it would be to come to terms with something like that let alone go through the court system. However, what if she was raped by someone who had raped...

He was charged in relation to another alleged offence against a different victim which did go to trial but the case was then dropped by the prosecution when new evidence came to light about the alleged victim.

Out of interest, would you stand up for a fellow colleague accused of rape if you weren't there to know for sure? I'm not sure I would. That said, there doesn't appear to have been any salacious stories come out about his general behaviour either before or after this incident. Interesting that...

There will only ever be two people who definitely know what happened and possibly a third.

Maybe because they are not the full facts. For example, it makes it sound that she woke up at 11:30 and rang the police. According to information, her evidence was that her mother picked her up, she went to work and it was only when she finished her shift, she went back to the hotel and asked...

Where are these massive clues that he was looking for sex. Perhaps you can identify them rather than make sweeping statements. Crashed out? Why do you think that sounds romantic. You get pissed and you fall asleep in a chair. You have done that before haven't you? As for MacDonald going...

Weren't the judges only deliberating on the fact that the first trial was procedurally correct, including the summing up?

Not sure that is correct. I think I read somewhere that she rang the Police but did not actually go and get tested until much later in the day.

I've read it numerous times!!!!

I thought the story was the he had booked the room for his friends as there was no room for them to stay at Evans' family home, although it would appear they did eventually crash out there. Where are the suggestions that that evening he was just out for sex. Yes, he did end up having sex but...