Mr CK

Mr CK was convicted in June 2006 of rape and received a sentence of six years’ detention in a young offenders’ institution and was required to register on the sex offenders’ register for life.

The CCRC received an application for review of the conviction in April 2007.

At trial, the complainant had alleged that Mr CK was a stranger. Mr CK denied this and claimed his number was saved on the complainant’s phone.

During review, the CCRC obtained new evidence indicating that Mr CK’s phone number was saved on the complainant’s phone.

This new evidence raised the possibility that Mr CK was not in fact a stranger to the complainant.

In addition, the CCRC obtained new evidence relating to the complainant’s credibility, including school records indicating that the complainant had lied in police interview and at trial.

The CCRC concluded that had the jury been presented with this new evidence, it might have affected their assessment of the complainant’s account.

This gave rise to a real possibility that the Court of Appeal would find that the jury, had they heard the evidence, may have reached a different verdict.

The CCRC referred the conviction in September 2008.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in November 2009.