LONDON – An Australian cricket player has been found guilty in England ofraping a sleeping woman.
Alex Hepburn slumped into his seat, covered his face with his hands andsobbed after the verdict was returned by jurors at Worcester Crown Court incentral England.
The 23-year-old Hepburn, who was born in Western Australia and moved toEngland in 2013 to pursue a cricket career, also faces another count ofrape.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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Alex Hepburn, a former Worcestershire County Cricketer, has been convictedof one count of rape at Worcester Crown Court today (Friday 12 April) aftera 5 day trial at Worcester Crown Court. Sentencing due 30 April. More:https:// link linklink
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Prosecutors say Hepburn began to rape the woman, who cannot be identified,while she was asleep after getting into a bed in his apartment.
Hepburn and his teammates at English county team Worcestershire had set upwhat was described in court as a “sexual conquest game” on the social mediaapp WhatsApp.
Prosecutors said Hepburn had been “fired up” by his desire to win thecompetition.
