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Jack de Belin trial to proceed after delays – Sydney Morning Herald
NRL player Jack de Belin’s rape trial is set to begin on November 2 following lengthy delays due to sensitive legal arguments.
The St George Illawarra forward sidelined by the code’s “no-fault” stand-down rule and Shellharbour player Callan Sinclair were due to begin a two-week trial on February 3 over allegations the pair sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in a Wollongong apartment in December 2018.
Both men, who are on conditional bail, have pleaded not guilty to five charges of aggravated sexual assault.
Judge Haesler, sitting in Wollongong, aborted the initial start date of the trial to hear a series of comple…
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