'Broken rape victim' to face retrial because of court protocol error

By Bianca Hall, Legal Affairs Reporter
Updated September 28 2016 - 8:13pm, first published 7:29pm
A rape victim will be forced to endure the retrial of a former partner due to a court error.
A rape victim will be forced to endure the retrial of a former partner due to a court error.

An alleged rape victim described as "a broken woman" will be forced to endure the retrial of a former partner convicted of horrific rapes against her, because the trial judge broke from a centuries-old protocol for selecting a jury during the trial.

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