The defendant was charged with multiple counts of Rape, contrary to section 1 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Following a six-day trial the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty after 45 minutes of deliberation, the case involved serious disclosure issues like many sexual offence cases of late, following extensive inquiries and persistent requests for disclosure by Ms Dennis the mobile phone data was obtained and substantially undermined the prosecutions case.
Litigator – Christina Dennis
Barrister – James Hasslacher