Ched Evans served 2 and a half years for rape,he's victim will have to live with the rape for ever.

so for her it's a life sentence,probably still having nightmares,should he sign for Oldham attendances will drop and sponsors will no longer sponsor the latics.

Sad day for football if this piece off sh!t is allowed to continue playing football.

He was sentenced. He raped her in the eyes of the law. Furthermore he has shown no remorse. I'm sure he would find a job if he came out and apologised.

Is he a piece of sh*t if he is actually innocent or has a favourable case review though???

The problem with rape cases such as this is you have one drunk party claiming consensual sex and one drunken party claiming rape - physical evidence is very thin on the ground so its essentially down to a group of 12 member of the general public picking their favourite of two stories.

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Dodgy ground to get into, the idea that some types of crime are morally more acceptable than other crimes of the same category. Rape is rape, sentencing is much more along lines of rehabilition and social protection than the crime itself.

Beyond reasonable doubt is the key word of criminal justice.

Importantly, the evidence required to convict Evans came from his own admission of having sex with the girl and his activities prior to the event and after.

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I think that its reasonable to accept that he engaged in sexual conduct with the victim without her consent, due to her intoxication, and that his actions before and after made it unreasonable to assume that consent was granted.

Unless you think its 'reasonable' to turn up to a hotel room, after your friend has texted you that he's gone back with a drunk girl, obtain the key by deception from the night porter while your friends wait outside in the car, enter the room, engage in sexual activity with said drunk girl, and then attempt to leave the premises via a back door to avoid cameras.

Where as McDonald had sex with a woman he had spent the night drinking with, and had come home with him - its reasonable to assume he believed he had valid consent by the actions involved.

Evans' defence and appeals seem to generally be around issues around the case, rather than those necessary for his conviction (reasonable to accept she was drunk, that she had no prior contact with Evans, and that at the time of sexual activity was incapable of giving consent through intoxication).

What I believe is that McDonald and Evans planned this ahead of time, that McDonald would procure the girl, ply her with drinks and then notify Evans so that he could join in - McDonalds role was to get her too drunk to remember.

It would be a travesty of justice to overturn the conviction unless they could prove that Evans wasn't there or that the girl was not sufficiently intoxicated.

By his own words he stated to the police, under oath that he had sex with her, and the Night Manager specifically stated that Evans told him to take care of the drunk girl in that room (so he clearly was aware of how drunk she was).

Arguably by his own words he's a rapist.

Edited by jamiemartin721 (07 Jan 2015 1.13pm)

Edited by jamiemartin721 (07 Jan 2015 1.20pm)

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That's all bullsqirt, 160,000 signed a partition with Sheff U, Sheff U don't have 160,000 supporters they are struggling to average 20,000 for home games, so how can 160,000 so called supporters sign a partition.

Personally I know nothing about the case, but if he's done his time, he's paid for his crime, and should therefore be able to return to his work, and how twofaced are those same Sheff U supporters, Ched Evans mustn't play for them but Marlon Harewood did, and he has a record going back to the late 90s including Sexual assault.

Edited by Sg Bilko (07 Jan 2015 1.42pm)