Victory for Nikita as Conor's appeal axed

Application thrown out by highest court

- BY PAUL HEALY Crime Correspondent

VINDICATED Nikita Hand

NIKITA Hand says she feels vindicated as the Supreme Court has refused to hear Conor McGregor’s appeal.

In a statement last night after it emerged the court had thrown out McGregor’s plea to hear his appeal, Ms Hand described the moment as a “victory” and a vital part of her healing process.

The UFC fighter was hoping the country’s highest court would hear his appeal against a decision by a High Court jury, which was upheld by the Court of Appeal, that he raped Ms Hand in an incident at the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford, Dublin in December 2018.