Rugby player Paddy Jackson, who was one of the key people at the Belfast rape trial of 2018, has expressed his concerns over a proposed six-episode TV series that will dramatise the court case that rocked the island of Ireland. We revisit the rape trial that had everyone talking and look at what happened to those involved. 
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Paddy Jackson voices ‘concerns’ over TV dramatisation of the Belfast rape trial 

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Paddy Jackson voices ‘concerns’ over TV dramatisation of the Belfast rape trial

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