The acquittal of one of three men charged with multiple rapes of a woman over an evening had been explicable on the basis that he had joined the other two after the victim had ceased to show resistance. The judge had properly left the issue of reasonable belief in consent to the jury and had properly given a separate treatment direction.
CONSENT CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 s.23 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FRESH EVIDENCE INCONSISTENT VERDICTS LEAVING ISSUE OF REASONABLENESS OF BELIEF IN CONSENT TO JURY MULTIPLE RAPES OF ONE WOMAN BY THREE MEN OVER AN EVENING RAPE REASONABLE BELIEF WHETHER ACQUITTAL OF CO-DEFENDANT EXPLICABLE ON FACTS
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