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Court of Appeal overturns child sexual assault conviction after ruling evidence was unfairly admitted

The conviction has now been quashed, although the prosecution has been given time to decide whether to pursue a retrial

The High Court in Belfast

A man convicted of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 has had his conviction overturned by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal after judges ruled that evidence about his previous convictions should not have been presented to the jury....

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