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20 April 2012 Last updated at 15:33
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Footballer rape trial: Ched Evans jailed five years, Clayton McDonald cleared
Ched Evans joined Sheffield United for £3m in 2009
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Wales and Sheffield United striker Evans, 23, was convicted by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Both he and Port Vale defender McDonald, also 23, had denied rape at a Premier Inn near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The men admitted having sex with the woman on 30 May, 2011 but said it was consensual.
During the trial, the jury saw video interviews in which the woman, now 20, said she could not remember what happened and feared her drinks were spiked.
She could not remember travelling to the hotel, but woke up in a double bed.
"My clothes were scattered around on the floor," she said.
"I just didn't know how I got there, if I had gone there with anyone. I was confused and dazed."
The court heard that Evans, whose mother lives in Rhyl, had invited McDonald and others for a bank holiday night out in the seaside town on 29 May.
Because there was not enough space at Evans' mother's house, he booked McDonald into the hotel.
Defender Clayton McDonald signed for Port Vale last season
The court heard that McDonald met the woman and took her back to the hotel room, sending a text to Evans stating he had "got a bird".
During Evans' evidence, he told the jury he had gone to the hotel, let himself into McDonald's room and watched his friend and the woman having sex.
It was claimed McDonald asked if his friend could "get involved", to which the woman said yes.
The prosecution claimed that while the attack happened, Jack Higgins, an "associate" of the footballers, and Ryan Roberts, Mr Evans' brother, watched through a window.
The court heard the defendants had known each other since they were 10 years old and shared digs when they played for Manchester City's youth academy.
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Wales and Sheffield United striker Evans, 23, was convicted by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Both he and Port Vale defender McDonald, also 23, had denied rape at a Premier Inn near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The men admitted having sex with the woman on 30 May, 2011 but said it was consensual.
During the trial, the jury saw video interviews in which the woman, now 20, said she could not remember what happened and feared her drinks were spiked.
She could not remember travelling to the hotel, but woke up in a double bed.
"My clothes were scattered around on the floor," she said.
"I just didn't know how I got there, if I had gone there with anyone. I was confused and dazed."
The court heard that Evans, whose mother lives in Rhyl, had invited McDonald and others for a bank holiday night out in the seaside town on 29 May.
Because there was not enough space at Evans' mother's house, he booked McDonald into the hotel.
The court heard that McDonald met the woman and took her back to the hotel room, sending a text to Evans stating he had "got a bird".
During Evans' evidence, he told the jury he had gone to the hotel, let himself into McDonald's room and watched his friend and the woman having sex.
It was claimed McDonald asked if his friend could "get involved", to which the woman said yes.
The prosecution claimed that while the attack happened, Jack Higgins, an "associate" of the footballers, and Ryan Roberts, Mr Evans' brother, watched through a window.
The court heard the defendants had known each other since they were 10 years old and shared digs when they played for Manchester City's youth academy.