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NRL player Jack de Belin to be retried in Sydney after rape trial jury fails to reach verdict – The Guardian
New trial to begin in April after Wollongong jury unable to return verdicts on allegations De Belin and a friend raped a 19-year-old woman
The NRL star Jack de Belin will be retried in Sydney after a Wollongong jury was unable to return verdicts on allegations he and a friend raped a 19-year-old woman.
The St George Illawarra Dragons back-rower, 29, and friend Callan Sinclair, 23, have each pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault over the encounter in a North Wollongong unit in December 2018.
After discharging the hung jury on Monday, district court Judge Andrew Haesler on Wednesday agreed to move the three-week…
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