05 October,2016 08:24 AM IST | | AFP
The jury was sworn yesterday for the retrial of former Wales football international Ched Evans, who is facing a rape charge
Cardiff: The jury was sworn yesterday for the retrial of former Wales football international Ched Evans, who is facing a rape charge. Evans, 27, is accused of raping a woman at a hotel in May 2011. The Chesterfield striker is facing a two-week trial at a court in Cardiff.
Judge Nicola Davies told the jury that Evans had previously been convicted of raping the complainant in the case, but this was later quashed by the Court of Appeal.
"Mr Evans successfully appealed his conviction for rape at the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial. This is the retrial," she said. Evans denies the charge against him.
