Ched Evans

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Ched Evans was convicted of the rape of a 19 year old waitress after he and a friend (M) had sexual intercourse with a woman (X) in a hotel room. X had been intoxicated and woke up naked and confused in a hotel room. It was argued she was too intoxicated to have consented. The defence claimed that she was not too drunk to consent and described in graphic detail her sexual behavior (which would not have been possible based on the level of intoxication described in the prosecution case).

In an application to the CCRC, a witness gave an account of a sexual encounter with C in which she used similar words of encouragement to that which Evans alleged she had used. The court found that these accounts were sufficiently similar to the appellant’s account that they could not be explained as coincidences and allowed the appeal and ordered a retrial. The appellant was found not guilty at the retrial.

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