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Rex Martinich

Tired backpacker's evidence leads to rape retrial

A judge found it was unfair for a woman to give rape trial evidence from the UK overnight her time. (Samantha Manchee/AAP PHOTOS)

A middle-aged farmer accused of raping a 20-year-old backpacker will face a retrial, partly because she had appeared tired to a jury while testifying remotely from England.

Wayne Robert Green was found guilty at trial in May 2024 of one count each of procuring a sexual act by intimidation and rape but acquitted of one count of sexual assault.

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