Overview
- The Court of Appeal approved a retrial under the 2003 double jeopardy reforms after new and compelling evidence emerged.
- Jurors heard that the child, under 10 at the time, was used to lure Dawn in Redhill and was pressured to support a false account.
- Evidence showed Rhodes inflicted wounds on the child's arm and on himself to fabricate an attack by Dawn.
- The jury also found Rhodes guilty of child cruelty, perverting the course of justice, and perjury in 2017 and in family court in 2018.
- The CPS credited the witness's bravery for enabling the conviction, and sentencing has not been reported.