Jarryd Hayne launches appeal against sex assault conviction
According to court records, jailed NRL star Jarryd Hayne’s bid for freedom has been under way for five weeks.
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Jailed NRL star Jarryd Hayne’s bid for freedom has been under way for five weeks.
According to records with the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, Hayne lodged a notice of intention to appeal his conviction for sexual assault on March 29.
This was one week after a jury in the Downing Centre District Court found him guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent after meeting up with the victim on league grand final night in September 2018 at her Fletcher home, near Newcastle.
On Thursday Judge Helen Syme jailed Hayne for a minimum three years and eight months with a maximum jail term of five years and nine months.
Hayne has maintained he is innocent.
Just hours before his was jailed in Newcastle District court on Thursday, Hayne said “I didn’t do it,” while giving evidence.
The lodging of the notice of intention to appeal means he has 12 months to file his formal appeal, which is yet to occur.
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