AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Alleged paedophile David Edwin Rapson to be freed after prosecution bungle
SHANNON DEERY NEWS LIMITED AUGUST 06, 2014
A PRIEST accused of being one of the state’s worst paedophiles could be freed from prison today after serving just 11 months of a 13-year sentence because of a bungle by state prosecutors.
The move is believed to have devastated many of David Edwin Rapson’s alleged victims who fought for more than 25 to bring him to justice.
The former priest was jailed last year after a County Court jury found him guilty of eight counts of indecent assault and five counts of rape of young boys.
But the convictions were today quashed by the Court of Appeal after a concession by the Office of Public Prosecutions that Rapson, 61, should have faced several trials.
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