Ched Evans appeal

I am not sure what to make of this. I cannot even make sense of what is being said in the article, apart from there is new evidence.

So if it gets overturned, I am sure he will be back playing again as he will be proved innocent, but if it stays the same, he will never play again.

He will still get lots of stick when playing, even if overturned. I am not sure how I will feel, but suppose you have to go with how he is found (guilty or not guilty).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34441348

I thought this was going to be a thread about raising money for Ched. I thought ā€œthis isnā€™t going to go down well, not on Sotoniansā€

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Even if found innocent I think heā€™d be best off emigrating. Doubt he has the sense though.

Re-hash of previous comments in part as thereā€™s little new to this ā€˜storyā€™.

Could be tricky if the conviction is upheld.

The reaction, ā€˜thereā€™ is predictable. The dude who contorted himself to adamantly maintain that Evans must be innocent (because, sometimes juries get things wrong?) is seeing this as evidence that the jury in this case is wrong. Apparently they should consider evidence not brought before them.

Oh, and Iā€™m a mentalist becuase he still doesnā€™t understand what rape apologist means. I mean obviously, he knew all about the ā€˜new evidenceā€™ and was just keeping it quiet. That makes complete sense.

Ah. I wasnā€™t clear enough.

If itā€™s upheld he canā€™t go abroad until the sentence is finished.

At the risk of repeating the obvious: if he apologises he admits his guilt so itā€™s an impossibility given that he continues to maintain his innocence which means suggestions that he should are poorly thought out.as they should have factored this in (and means heā€™s been judged already whereas the door isnā€™t fully closed, etc.

I had forgotten that there was apparently new evidence but had understood that there was to have been an appeal anyway as was mentioned months ago. I am insufficiently interested in the case to look up the details, however, and will just pick it up when the final decision gets reported.

Itā€™s hard to keep up. The last attempt at appeal was dismissed, I think. As I understand the reason for the new appeal is the new evidence.

Evans wins his appeal. Conviction quashed and a retrial will take place.

David Allen Green ā€@ DavidAllenGreen 2h2 hours ago

On # ChedEvans, please note the order for a retrial means case now again ā€œliveā€ in contempt of court terms. Be careful of prejudicial tweets.

this could be good news i suppose, itā€™ll be a great relief to the victim if it turns out she wasnā€™t raped after all, IIRC she couldnā€™t remember either way so it must have come as a nasty surprise when the first court decided that she was. I wonder what the new evidence is? I always found it a bit suss that prem footballers could have a threesome without videoing the event.

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