Hayne to learn fate as D-Day for rape case appeal arrives
Jarryd Hayne was found guilty by a jury of raping a woman in Newcastle . Pictured with his wife Amellia Bonnici. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Simon BullardDisgraced NRL star Jarryd Hayne will learn his fate after arguing his conviction should be quashed because of critical Facebook messages from a woman he was found guilty of raping.
Hayne took his appeal to the state’s highest court in April, with the court informing the former NRL star the decision is to be handed down at 10.15am Wednesday. He argued the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, concealed text and social media messages which showed she was consenting. He told the court concealment was “front and centre” of the defence case but a miscarriage of justice arose when Judge Graham Turnbull SC, the District Court judge, ruled the defence could not cross-examine the witness on her deleted or undisclosed messages with a man and woman before and after the incident.
“I did not tell you because it was disgusting and confusing for me. If he gets out you can thank yourself. This has been the hardest most painful thing I’ve ever been through and you can thank yourself for helping a guilty person.” He told the court: “It’s evidence of dishonesty, it also goes to her credibility in a general sense.”
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