The court of Appeal has said it intends to refer Conor McGregor’s application to withdraw “fresh evidence” that he had sought to introduce as part of his civil case appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Lawyers for Hand had asked the court to make the referral after seeking to introduce material related to the matter to the court today.
The three-judge court confirmed this afternoon that it intended to refer the matter to the DPP.
In November last year, McGregor was deemed liable for sexually assaulting Hand in the Beacon Hotel on 9 December 2018 following a three-week civil trial at the High Court, with the jury in the case awarding Hand over €248,000 in damages.
Legal Affairs Correspondent at The Irish Independent, Shane Phelan, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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