The 35-year-old disgraced former NRL star was found guilty on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent earlier in April. 9News
Hayne walked out of court escorted by sheriffs into a waiting Audi when he faced a bail review in the District Court two days later.Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne was found guilty of raping a woman in her home on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.Crown prosecutors have launched another bid to have Hayne detained before sentencing, taking him to the NSW Supreme Court for a bail hearing before Justice Richard Button on Friday.
It comes after he faced a third trial and spent nine months in custody following an earlier guilty verdict that was overturned on appeal due to "profoundly wrong" legal directions given to the jury before it deliberated.Hayne was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman with his hands and mouth after attending her home on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.
Following the assault, the pair cleaned blood off of themselves in the woman's ensuite and Hayne continued to Sydney, the trial heard.District Court Judge Graham Turnbull was reluctant to jail Hayne prior to a sentencing hearing in May."My problem at the moment is he's not going in as a sentenced prisoner, he's going in as a remand prisoner."
He could be "vulnerable" around other prisoners awaiting their sentence, and would require protection "because he's Jarryd Hayne". The bail review heard Hayne quickly became a target last time he was in custody, before he was moved to a more protected facility.Continue reading
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