An Australian cricketer has been found guilty of raping a sleeping woman in the UK during the first night of a sexual conquest competition he helped set up on a WhatsApp group. Hepburn told jurors he had drunk up to 20 bottles of beer before the woman instigated what he had believed was consensual sex. During his evidence Hepburn admitted he sent "disgusting, horrible and embarrassing" WhatsApp messages while setting the rules of the sexual conquest competition. Social media conversations which prosecutors claimed may have been "scores" from a previous sexual conquest competition were also kept from the jury panel. The rules of the sexual conquest "game" posted online by Hepburn stipulated that it would end with a "shaggers week".

Source: Stuff April 13, 2019 04:07 UTC