The Queensland court of appeal has quashed the rape conviction of a Gold Coast man, and ordered a retrial, in a case where he followed a woman, 19, uninvited into the toilet of a Brisbane bar.
Darryl John Clancy, 50, of Highland Park, was found guilty of rape by a jury in 2021. The court of appeal ruling annuls the verdict on the basis that the trial judge’s interventions during the initial hearing amounted to a miscarriage of justice. This included that the judge effectively prevented defence counsel from questioning the alleged victim whether she had allowed Clancy to have sex with her.
