Ched Evans faces retrial after rape conviction is quashed

Original guilty verdict is overturned after new evidence, which cannot be reported, is put before the Court of Appeal

Ched Evans rapist

Footballer Ched Evans has had his rape conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after new evidence came to light – but the former Manchester City, Sheffield United and Wales striker now faces a retrial.

In 2012 the 27-year-old was convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel near Rhyl and sentenced to five years in jail.

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