Cricket rapist Alex Hepburn given green light to controversially play again despite 10-YEAR BAN from the sport

CRICKET rapist Alex Hepburn volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality to the athletics successful Australia.

The erstwhile Worcestershire cricketer was past period banned from cricket successful England and Wales for 10 years.

The ruling came aft Hepburn was convicted of rape and sentenced to 5 years successful situation successful 2019.

His condemnation was upheld pursuing an entreaty successful 2020 but helium was released successful 2021 and returned to his autochthonal Australia.

And helium volition present beryllium allowed to play cricket successful the state pursuing a judgement by the WA District Cricket Council.

A WA Cricket Association spokeswoman said: "The Cricket Discipline Commission and Cricket Regulator successful the UK person nary jurisdiction successful Western Australia.

"The Western Australian District Cricket Council is liable for decisions relating to subordinate eligibility successful the Premier Cricket competition.

"From WA Cricket down to nine cricket determination are systems and policies successful spot to safeguard and support those playing our game."

Hepburn, 28, was charged by the Cricket Regulator with 2 breaches of the 2017 England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Directives.

The archetypal pertained to his apprehension and conviction, portion the different related to him being portion of an violative WhatsApp group.

Hepburn committed the rape aft mounting up a radical chat for a "sexual conquest contest".

Hepburn's erstwhile team-mates Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore were charged by the ECB successful 2019 for bringing the crippled into disrepute owed to being a portion of the WhatsApp radical but were not charged with a transgression offence