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- Irish rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding cleared of rape after nine week trial in Belfast yesterday
- The international sportsman both denied raping a young woman after a drunken night out in Belfast in 2016
- After the verdict, #IBelieveHer began trending worldwide as thousands sought to support the woman
- Today hundreds of people have taken to the streets in protest in Belfast and Dublin after four were acquitted
Irish sportsmen Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were acquitted by a jury of eight men and three women yesterday following a nine-week trial at Belfast Crown Court.
They were accused of sexually assaulting a woman when they went back to Jackson's flat after a night out in the capital city.
The court heard the pair were in a WhatsApp group which discussed having a 'spit roast' and said sex with the woman was 'like a merry-go-round'.
But just hours after they were cleared, in response to the wider issues raised by the case and in support of the woman and others in a similar position, thousands of people tweeted #IBelieveHer.
The hashtag was trending in the UK, Ireland and worldwide and this afternoon a rally outside the Laganside courthouse took place along with others in Derry, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin. Tonight a much smaller group of protesters have gathered in Marble Arch in London.
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