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Two Sydney men won new trial after rape convictions overturned; bail granted with $20K surety.
Two Sydney men, Maurice Hawell and Andrew David, were granted bail after their 2024 convictions for gang rape during a 2022 bucks party in Newcastle were overturned by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.
The convictions, which carried sentences of 14 and 13 years, were quashed due to errors in jury directions and unreasonable verdicts.
A third man, Marius Hawell, was acquitted.
The appeal court ordered a retrial for the two men, set for January, with each required to provide a $20,000 surety.
They had served about 17 months of their sentences before release.
Prosecutors did not oppose bail, noting the men had previously been on bail without incident.
Dos hombres de Sydney ganaron un nuevo juicio después de que las condenas por violación fueron anuladas; la fianza fue concedida con una fianza de $ 20,000.