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CONVICTED rapist Ched Evans’s latest attempt to have his rape conviction overturned was being discussed yesterday by the body that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.
The former Sheffield United and Wales footballer applied for a review by the Criminal Cases Review commission (CCRC) last year.
A case committee of three CCRC Commissioners met to consider his case, after an investigation lasting 10 months.
They can reach three possible conclusions: that more work is needed before a decision is made, that Evans’s case should not be considered for appeal or that it should be referred to the Court of Appeal.
Evans was released from prison last year after only serving half of his five-year sentence for the rape of a 19-year-old woman in a hotel in Rhyl in April 2012.
The footballer has always maintained his innocence. An earlier appeal against his conviction was rejected by three judges at the Court of Appeal in 2012.
