Ched Evans

[Shaggy]

Found guilty of rape.

[dom9]

OK, at the risk of parodying myself. Who is he?

[Chazza]

The other guy guilty as well?

[Shaggy]

Other lad cleared.

Dom, he plays for Sheff Utd, ex City. Scored about 35 goals this season.

[Gingawaria]

Wow...I remember him being very highly rated at one point. Found it a bit odd that City sold him to Sheffield United so quickly.

[Chazza]

Other lad cleared.

Dom, he plays for Sheff Utd, ex City. Scored about 35 goals this season.

Wow

Surprised he got off, wasn't he supposed to have picked the girl up from the side of the road when she could barely walk, taking her back to the Hotel and calling Evans to say he had 'got a girl'??

[dom9]

Other lad cleared.

Dom, he plays for Sheff Utd, ex City. Scored about 35 goals this season.

[dom9]

It doesn't really matter if these people are footballers or postmen. It is a horrible thing.

[Chazza]

Jailed for 5 years

[Gingawaria]

Wow...thinking about it, I think I know someone who was on the jury for this.

[ChesterDave]

Given the prosecution case was that the girl was too drunk to consent, I am unsure how one is guilty and not the other.

I would have assumed that the same verdict would have been delivered for both.

[Shaggy]

Yeah I can't get my head around that.

[Chazza]

CHED EVANS TRIAL

Hywel Griffith, BBC News reporter outside Caernarfon Crown Court: "Ched Evans sentenced to five years in prison for raping a woman who was too drunk to give her consent. He was in tears as the guilty verdict was read out, and told that he would serve at least two-and-a-half years of that five-year jail term. His family were in court with him, and his girlfriend was also here today. She had stood by her man before this verdict was read out."

[Chris]

Given the prosecution case was that the girl was too drunk to consent, I am unsure how one is guilty and not the other.

I would have assumed that the same verdict would have been delivered for both.

**** knows, must be something to do with Mcdonald actually meeting her somewhere then taking her back there whereas Evans has just rocked up to the hotel room.

[Chazza]

Sheffield United Football Club has today learned of the verdict in the trial of Ched Evans at Caernarfon Crown Court. The Club recognises the seriousness of these events and as such wishes to respond in a responsible way when it has taken sufficient time to consider the matter fully.

The Club is aware of the statement issued by the legal team representing Ched, which is printed below. This is not a statement from, or in co-operation with, SUFC but an independently issued statement from the Brabners Chaffe Street Law Firm, representing Ched.

Statement on behalf of Ched Evans

Ched Evans is shocked and extremely disappointed with the decision reached today by the Jury at Caernarfon Crown Court to convict him of the charge brought against him.

Mr Evans firmly maintains his innocence in this matter and is being advised regarding an appeal of the decision.