A woman jailed for a sex assault with her police officer boyfriend on a female friend lost her appeal against conviction on Monday.
Ericka Lynch, a former civil servant, asked the Court of Appeal to quash her conviction on several grounds, including that the curtailment of a cross-examination of the victim had deprived her of the right to a fair trial.
Counsel appearing for Lynch argued that the conviction was unsafe and unsatisfactory.
The court heard that the victim was in the witness box, but was unable to continue to give evidence.
A doctor told the court that it was possible that she could give evidence in a controlled environment.
But Michael Lashley and Stacy-Ann Kelly, who appeared for Lynch, said the doctor was a general practitioner, not a psychiatrist, and not properly qualified to make such a judgment.
But Sir John Goldring, the president of the appeals court, ruled: “For reasons that the court will give, this appeal is dismissed.”
The appeal by Antonio Marshall was adjourned until November to give him time to make a legal aid application.
Marshall and Lynch were convicted in 2022 of a sexual assault on the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in a moving car.
They claimed the sexual activity was consensual, but their defence was rejected.
Marshall was jailed for five years and Lynch for four-and-a-half years.
In a separate appeal, a former DJ jailed for 16-and-a-half years after he was convicted on two counts of rape, had his appeal dismissed.
Amelia Fosuhene, who appeared for Renato Harris, put forward several grounds of appeal, including the matter of consent and a delay in the police investigation into the incident.
Harris, was convicted in 2022. The rape happened after a night out in 2018 when the victim crossed paths with him at a bar on West Bay Road.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she accepted an invitation into Harris’ Prospect home but did not remember anything else.
She said she woke up in his bed naked the next morning, when Harris raped her a second time, despite her cries and screams for him to stop.
Harris argued at trial the two had sex, but that it was consensual and that the allegations were made because he refused to pay the woman, who had tried to extort money from him.
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