Jarryd Hayne trial: a bucks weekend, a $550 taxi fare and an alleged rape

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November 24 2020 - 1:13pm
ACCUSED: Jarryd Hayne arrives at Newcastle District Court ahead of the second day of his trial. Picture: Simone De Peak
ACCUSED: Jarryd Hayne arrives at Newcastle District Court ahead of the second day of his trial. Picture: Simone De Peak

WITH a taxi waiting for him outside a home at Fletcher, an intoxicated Jarryd Hayne, on his way home from a two-day bucks party in Newcastle, is accused of twice raping a woman, causing her genitalia to bleed.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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