It emerged during a Court of Appeal application today that the juror contacted lawyers acting for the convicted man complaining about the behaviour of his fellow jurors.
His trial heard that the victim was sleeping at her grandparent's house when her uncle came into her room and raped her while she closed her eyes and "played dead". After the trial but before the judge had passed sentence, Mr Fogarty said a juror contacted him directly and then spoke to the appellant's solicitor. From that Mr Fogarty said there was an indication that the jury had in fact begun their deliberations before all the evidence had been heard.
As part of the appellant's grounds of appeal it is further alleged that: "The verdict is perverse, unsafe and unsatisfactory as it cannot be said that there was confidence that the jury properly understood any or all of the matters upon which they were charged throughout the trial by the learned trial judge."
She added that it would require the court to "examine and scrutinise jury deliberations and exchanges in an impermissible manner".
Absolutely not shocked by this
'to whether the unusual revelations' the only thing unusual is the fact that the matter is getting a public hearing...
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