Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne’s legal professionals are making use of for the lady he’s accused of sexually assaulting to be once more referred to as to present proof in a 3rd trial.
The former footy legend didn’t seem in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Monday as legal professionals confirmed the trial might be going forward on March 6.
The 34-year-old is accused of assaulting a 26-year-old girl in Newcastle in 2018.
Defence solicitor Lauren MacDougall confronted courtroom on behalf of Mr Hayne.
She informed the courtroom she might be making use of to recall the complainant to present proof within the new trial.
“The Crown’s on notice about that,” she mentioned.
The complainant gave proof throughout the first trial in 2020, however video footage was used throughout the second trial.
Judge Warwick Hunt confirmed the trial date.
“The accused has put the crown on notice that it seeks to recall the complainant,” Judge Hunt mentioned earlier than adjourning the matter for one week for pre-trial orders to be made.
Mr Hayne’s trial in March would be the third over allegations he sexual assaulted a girl in Newcastle in 2018.
Following three days of deliberations by a jury, he was final yr discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a girl at her Newcastle residence on NRL grand remaining night time in 2018.
He was subsequently sentenced by Judge Helen Syme to 5 years and 9 months jail, with a non-parole interval of three years and eight months.
The former Dally M winner and ex-NFL convert sat in Cooma Correctional Centre for 9 months earlier than the state’s highest courtroom, the Court of Criminal Appeal, quashed his conviction and ordered a retrial.
Mr Hayne walked out of jail on February 15 in time to rejoice his thirty fourth birthday.
The first trial in Newcastle in late 2020 resulted in a hung jury.
Mr Hayne has constantly denied the allegations.
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