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Exactly, but retrial could be months away. As he's now 'innocent', during that time he should be allowed to train with Sheffield Utd, which he was prevented from doing whilst he was still a 'rapist'.

Correct, and in most cases it's very hard for someone to prove innocence (although there have been cases where the complainant has been proved to have lied). However, he should be allowed to continue his career and clubs should be free to employ him without having to deal with people turning up...

Not strictly true. The new evidence was apparently based on statements (under oath I assume) from people that knew her or were familiar with her. If it turns out that these new witness statements suggest that she did in fact remember the events of that night - eg a conversation or text message...

I was being sarcastic (we need a sarcasm font). It seems a bit pointless to quash a conviction and have the bloke retried when the sentence has already been served. And if the CCRC have found enough evidence to suggest that the original verdict was unsafe, what's the chance that the CPS will...

Good to see the CPS using tax payers' money wisely.

Appeal verdict to be given this morning. If nothing else, this should prompt some heated discussion in here to take your minds off of results permutations and goal differences.

Amazingly, even with evidence of him being on the phone when the supposed incident took place, it took 2 juries to decide that. And even then it wasn't unanimous.

I expect that he'd get a contract with a professional football team as well.

Going to review by CCRC is the only way that a case can referred back to the court of appeal. They are made up of a variety of independent legal experts and will only refer a case to the court of appeal if they believe that new evidence has a 'real chance' of overturning a conviction. To give...

I agree with you on the first but that the hope is that the truth becomes clearer. However, it'd be a bit unfair to put him back in prison after he's already served the custodial part of his sentence!

Sheffield Utd and their fans would welcome him back if his conviction was quashed. Coleman has said he'd also consider him for Wales.

It's a threesome, not a gangbang. I've done loads of research on this over the internet.

Most importantly, the Criminal Cases Review Commission believes that the new evidence that has been made available since the trial is significant enough that there is a real possibility that it could lead to the conviction being quashed. It'll be interesting to see what that evidence is.

I don't think anybody is crying out carriage of music justice.

Correct. The woman made no complaint or allegations; she just woke up with no memory, having pissed the hotel bed, and decided to report it to the police. Quite why she felt she had to report something like that to the police is unclear. The police prosecuted the men based on the fact that...

You understand the conditional tense though don't you? There's a chance that this conviction may be overturned, and IF it is, I'd regard him as innocent and have no problem with him continuing his career as a pro footballer.

No. However, if his conviction is quashed then he's no longer a convicted rapist.

I accept that there's likely ambiguity in the outcome even if he's successful with his appeal. Other than that I just think that I have a far more liberal moral compass than most - possibly after having experienced some fairly wild times at uni and during my 20s with rugby mates - so it's...

The fact that he cheated on his girlfriend is not for us to judge him on. That's between him and her, and she's clearly forgiven him. Other than that, IF he's cleared, then all he did was have casual sex with a woman - something that 1000s of men and women do every weekend when a few drinks...

Of course the outcome matters. If the conviction stands, he raped a woman; if it's quashed, he had consensual sex with woman who seemingly regretted it the following day (we've all been there). Slight difference.