Ched Evans suing lawyers over lost earnings after overturned rape conviction
18:04, UK,Tuesday 06 November 2018
The footballer was jailed after being convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman - but a retrial in 2016 found him not guilty.
By Martha Kelner, sports correspondent
Footballer Ched Evans is suing the lawyers who represented him in a rape trial in an effort to recoup a potential fortune of millions in lost earnings.
Evans spent two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room at the end a drunken night in north Wales in 2011, but a retrial in 2016 found him not guilty.
Evans is now claiming he was badly advised by Brabners, the legal firm that defended him in the initial trial in 2012.
If successful in proving malpractice, the Welsh striker could be awarded hundreds of thousands - or even millions - of pounds in damages.
continues - Ched Evans suing lawyers over lost earnings after overturned rape conviction
18:04, UK,Tuesday 06 November 2018
The footballer was jailed after being convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman - but a retrial in 2016 found him not guilty.
By Martha Kelner, sports correspondent
Footballer Ched Evans is suing the lawyers who represented him in a rape trial in an effort to recoup a potential fortune of millions in lost earnings.
Evans spent two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room at the end a drunken night in north Wales in 2011, but a retrial in 2016 found him not guilty.
Evans is now claiming he was badly advised by Brabners, the legal firm that defended him in the initial trial in 2012.
If successful in proving malpractice, the Welsh striker could be awarded hundreds of thousands - or even millions - of pounds in damages.
continues - Ched Evans suing lawyers over lost earnings after overturned rape conviction