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Episode 1074: Why did Conor McGregor dro...

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Sensational developments in Conor McGregor’s appeal case against a guilty verdict made by a Civil Court that he raped Nikita Hand. Alleged new witnesses with new evidence pulled in an eleventh hour decision by the fighter’s legal team on what they say is a technicality.


So what is going on in Camp McGregor?


Shane Phelan, Legal Affairs Editor at Mediahuis, joins Nicola to explain just what happened this week as the Court of Appeal retires to consider his case.


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