After a five week trial at Preston Crown Court, the jury unanimously found Mr Evans (the former deputy speaker of the House of Commons and Ribble Valley MP) not guilty of one count of rape, five sexual assaults, one attempted sexual assault and two indecent assaults.
The case has raised questions in relation to Legal Aid policy and defendants costs orders. Mr Evans was quoted in The Times as saying “If I could have topped up my legal aid so that I could still instruct Peter Wright QC, I would have done it – but I wasn’t going to risk everything by not having a choice”.
Peter Wright Q.C. was instructed by Daniel Berke of Lewis Hymanson Small Solicitors