Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of former ANU PhD student accused of raping a woman during secluded picnic
The jury in a trial of a man accused of raping a woman twice while on a picnic near the Cotter Reserve has failed to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated for almost four days, but this afternoon told the ACT Supreme Court it was unable to come to a unanimous agreement. A warning, this story contains graphic details of an alleged sexual assault.