Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will be released from custody after having his rape convictions again quashed on appeal as prosecutors weigh up whether he should face a fourth trial.
The 36-year-old has spent a year behind bars
after an earlier guilty verdict was overturned in a separate appeal.
He was sentenced last year to four years and nine months in jail, with a non-parole period of three years.
The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Hayne’s convictions on Wednesday on the basis a judge erred in not allowing the complainant to be further cross-examined during the trial.
The appeal court also ruled the trial judge did not properly direct the jury about how to consider allegations the complainant had lied.
Jarryd Hayne was sentenced to at least three years in prison last year. Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
Hayne was granted bail unopposed early on Wednesday afternoon and the ca
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