NRL player Jack de Belin will be retried in Sydney after a Wollongong jury was unable to return verdicts to allegations he and a friend raped a 19-year-old woman. The St George Illawarra Dragons backrower, 29, and friend Callan Sinclair, 23, have each pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault over the encounter in a North Wollongong unit in December 2018. After discharging the hung jury on Monday, District Court Judge Andrew Haesler on Wednesday agreed to move the three-week retrial to Sydney. It is set to begin on April 12, with a pre-trial hearing tentatively scheduled for April 1. Read more: Full coverage of the rape trial so far Australian Associated Press We depend on subscription revenue to support our journalism. If you are able, please subscribe here. If you are already a subscriber, thank you for your support.
The jury in the de Belin trial came back twice on Monday to say they could not reach a decision. Picture: Sylvia Liber
NRL player Jack de Belin will be retried in Sydney after a Wollongong jury was unable to return verdicts to allegations he and a friend raped a 19-year-old woman.
The St George Illawarra Dragons backrower, 29, and friend Callan Sinclair, 23, have each pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault over the encounter in a North Wollongong unit in December 2018.
After discharging the hung jury on Monday, District Court Judge Andrew Haesler on Wednesday agreed to move the three-week retrial to Sydney.
It is set to begin on April 12, with a pre-trial hearing tentatively scheduled for April 1.
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