Australian NRL star wins appeal in rape case

Former Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne has won an appeal against his rape convictions and has been ordered to stand trial for a fourth time in the same case.The 36-year-old was found guilty of sexual assault by a jury last year and sentenced to spend at least three years in jail.He has consistently denied he attacked the woman – who cannot legally be named – in her bedroom, arguing the pair had consensual sex.Mr Hayne was one of the most high-profile athletes in Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) and briefly played American football in the NFL. During an 11-day trial last…