00:02After a three-week trial, the jury delivered verdicts this morning,
00:06finding the man guilty of rape and sexual assault.
00:09It dates back to an incident in March 2023,
00:12when a woman claimed she was raped in the man's house.
00:16The man pleaded not guilty at the trial
00:18and said the woman's allegations were false.
00:21This afternoon, the man's lawyers confirmed an appeal of the guilty verdict.
00:27Mr Dan, will your client be appealing?
00:30He has instructed us to appeal,
00:32but we have to go through this next process of plea and the sentence.
00:38But yes, he has instructed us to appeal.
00:40The man's identity has been suppressed for nearly three years
00:44after his psychiatrist said his mental health would be placed at risk
00:48if he was named in the media.
00:50But lawyers for the media say the man should be identified.
00:55It chips away and erodes the public's ability
00:58to know what's happening in our courts.
01:02The convicted rapist was taken into custody this afternoon.
01:05The case returns to court next week
01:07when his lawyers will apply to extend the suppression order.
01:11And what does the true Donna law say?
01:11The millet 6 years later goes back in front of the house
01:13The Oriental Passage
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