SYDNEY — Ex-Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne had his rape conviction overturned on appeal Wednesday and was released from his year-long stay in jail. The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that a judge erred in not allowing the complainant to be further cross-examined during Hayne’s trial. Judge Graham Turnbull, who oversaw the trial, refused requests for …
Serious threats against the judge who presided over Jarryd Hayne's rape trial are being investigated by police. A total sentence of four years and nine months was handed down, but it was backdated to July 2, 2022 to account for the previous nine months Hayne spent in custody. Hayne was handed a total sentence of four years and nine months, …
