25-year-old Australian soldier Jermaine Schmidt's 2022 rape retrial ordered due to miscarriage of justice in previous case.

Jermaine Schmidt, a 25-year-old soldier from Victoria, Australia, will undergo a retrial for the 2022 rape of a female colleague at the Puckapunyal Army base. His previous convictions were overturned by the Victorian Court of Appeal, which identified a significant miscarriage of justice due to the exclusion of evidence regarding Schmidt's good character. The court determined that this omission could have influenced the jury's decision.

October 31, 2024
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