Mixed Martial Arts fighter expected to claim jury finding is unsafe because of alleged legal and factual errors
Mixed martial arts fighter expected to claim jury finding unsafe because of alleged legal and factual errors by trial judge’s appeal aimed at overturning a civil jury’s finding that he raped a woman in a Dublin hotel will come before the Court of Appeal later this month.
Mr McGregor is expected to argue the jury finding is unsafe and should be overturned, with a retrial ordered if necessary.Fintan O’Toole: A cunning plan to bring Saint Patrick’s writings to the White HouseGrá ar an Trá: What is the point of Gráinne Seoige in this incoherent pudding of a series? Ms Hand, a 35-year-old mother of one, alleged she was raped by Mr McGregor in the hotel and he “would not take no for an answer”. Mr McGregor denied her claim and told the jury they had “fully-consensual sex”.
The jury found James Lawrence , of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh, had not assaulted Ms Hand through allegedly having sex with her without her consent in the Beacon Hotel. During the trial, the jury heard Ms Hand and her work colleague Danielle Kealey went to the hotel with Mr McGregor and Mr Lawrence in Mr McGregor’s car, arriving at 12.30pm on December 9th, 2018.
Mr McGregor and Mr Lawrence were separately partying in Dublin nightclubs and consumed alcohol. Mr McGregor said cocaine was also available. Mr Lawrence said he has never taken cocaine.
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