Lawyers for two men who raped a 15-year-old girl are arguing the trial was unfair because the brother of one of the men bullied the jury foreman during high school. After the trial ended, he went back to his high school and looked in a yearbook, which confirmed his suspicion that he knew the juror. The case comes down to whether there was a close enough connection between the juror and Brooke Rolleston for there to be the appearance of bias. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/STUFF The mother of the girl who was raped by Brooke Rolleston and Brandon Roche said her daughter was suicidal. They said it was "inherently implausible" that the juror did not recognise the Rolleston brothers just three years after high school.

Source: Stuff November 13, 2019 03:01 UTC