He has been convicted by a court. If there is doubt, he can provide fresh evidence for appeal. If he can't, the case is closed.

There is always doubt, but let me repeat something I have mentioned;

He has not served his time, he is serving part of it out on licence. To qualify for early release, he has had to convince a panel that he is facing up to his crime and has remorse.

Notwithstanding he could be recalled for professing innocence after professing remorse in order to be freed, it begs the question;

Is he lying now or was he lying last month?

The quality of the verdict is not in question. Evidence germaine to the case was considered. Sorry, but a blog by someone who in his opening paragraphs comes out with three items that do not happen in the judicial process is not worth reading further, so I didn't. As with many fraud cases, not knowing you are the victim of crime does not make it less of a crime. It wasn't a civil case because she complained, it was a criminal case because he raped her. Even if she retracted her own evidence and said that in hindsight she didn't think it a big thing, a court could proceed with the case if it were evident there was not consent at the time. The crime is the crime, not the state, opinion or thoughts of the victim. They are part of the mitigation process, not the judgement.

Statistically, Ian Brady, The Yorkshire ripper and a bloke didn't pay his TV licence could be exonerated in the future through fresh evidence. He shagged someone who was in no state to agree, her capacity to consent was compromised. That's rape. The only question is one of mitigation and his rather short sentence reflects that.

Would I give him a job in a factory surrounded by other men where he has no 1 to 1 access to women? Yes. I have employed a number of ex offenders in my time.

Would I give him a job where the money to pay him comes in part from his being a role model for impressionable children? Very unlikely. He is not employed to kick a ball, he is employed to make money for the club.

Would I give him a job where participation in Sheffield Utd Academy is in his contract? Academic because his inclusion on the sex offenders' register precludes his previous contract of employment as it stands, due to contact with schools, youth and community and Sheffield Childrens' Hospital.