Wade Renwick came forward eight years after being found not guilty at a jury trial. A Nelson man acquitted of raping a woman has confessed to the offending seven years after a jury found him not guilty, leaving his victim "crushed". He was found not guilty by a jury following a trial in 2011. His defence at the original trial was that the sex was consensual, and the complaint was falsely made to hide infidelity. Rachel Simpson The complainant blames Renwick for her mental health struggles which contributed to her losing custody of her children.

Source: Stuff January 24, 2020 04:41 UTC