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Conor McGregor ordered to pay Nikita Hand’s civil rape case prices

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McGregor denied the entire allegations

A decide has dominated that MMA star Conor McGregor should pay the authorized prices of a lady who accused him of raping her.

A jury discovered McGregor accountable for assault in a civil case taken by Nikita Hand and ordered him to pay Ms Hand virtually €250,000 (£207,000) in damages.

He has now been instructed to pay her authorized prices in an extra listening to on Thursday.

James Lawrence, of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh in Dublin, who was additionally accused of rape by Ms Hand however discovered not liable – won’t be awarded any prices.

The decide mentioned it was a “singular and peculiar case” and should deliver proceedings in opposition to McGregor for social media posts.

McGregor, who had denied the allegations, has already mentioned he’ll enchantment.

‘Direct insult to the jury’

Ms Hand’s solicitor mentioned the conduct of McGregor earlier than, throughout and after the trial warranted him paying your complete prices of the proceedings.

The extent of the prices isn’t but recognized – however Ms Hand was not awarded the utmost degree of prices that her authorized workforce had requested.

It emerged through the case that Mr McGregor had been paying the authorized prices of his pal, Mr Lawrence.

The court docket was urged to take into accounts that Mr McGregor had posted a collection of social media posts after the decision, during which he described the court docket as a “kangaroo court docket”.

The lawyer mentioned this was a “direct insult” to the jury. He additionally mentioned that the “direct criticism” of the jury shouldn’t go unremarked and must be thought-about as a part of prices.

The decide mentioned it was “most unsatisfactory” {that a} litigant would assault the jury and accused him of disregarding the court docket guidelines.

McGregor’s lawyer rejected the applying, saying that the court docket doesn’t have a large discretion, as asserted by Ms Hand’s lawyer, to award prices.

Mr Lawrence’s lawyer, mentioned his shopper was not concerned in some “grand conspiracy principle” in opposition to Ms Hand and mentioned the court docket was being requested to turn out to be the thirteenth juror within the case.

Civil motion

In a Republic of Ireland civil motion – versus a felony case – neither the complainant nor the accused are entitled to computerized anonymity through the court docket proceedings.

The jury on the High Court in Dublin had been deliberating for a day earlier than returning its verdict that McGregor did assault Ms Hand.

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Nikita Hand, who’s also called Nikita Ni Laimhin, chatting with the media exterior the High Court in Dublin after the case

After Ms Hand received her declare in opposition to McGregor for damages in a civil case, she instructed reporters mentioned she was “overwhelmed and touched” by the assist she had obtained following the jury’s choice.

She added: “I need to present [my daughter] Freya and each different younger lady and boy that you would be able to rise up for your self if one thing occurs to you, regardless of who the particular person is, and that justice can be served.”

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