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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Ralph Carr’s lawyer says rape verdict a ‘miscarriage of justice’ as entertainment figure faces legal hurdle over sentencing

Court sketch of Ralph Carr, bald with a stern expression, wearing a grey jumper
A court sketch of Ralph Carr in Victorian county court in Melbourne on Monday. Illustration: Paul Tyquin/AAP

Entertainment industry and AFL figure Ralph Carr has “a hurdle to jump” if he is going to convince a Victorian judge that he should be granted a stay on his sentence for raping a former staffer, a Melbourne court has heard.

Carr, 66, appeared in the Victorian county court on Tuesday, where judge Frank Gucciardo is hearing submissions about the sentence he should receive.

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