Hong Kong footballer to resume career after rape conviction overturned
Premier League goalkeeper Yip Ka-yu, whose conviction and sentence were quashed by Court of Appeal, set to join BC Rangers
Yip Ka-yu is set to return to BC Rangers after the goalkeeper had his rape conviction overturned in June.
In October 2023, Yip was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after he was convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl.
The Court of Appeal determined that Yip had been left with no chance of receiving a not-guilty verdict, because the trial judge did not mention to the jury that he might have been under the “genuine but mistaken belief” that the complainant agreed to have sex with him.
His conviction and sentence were quashed, leaving the 28-year-old free to resume his football career. It has been reported that Yip will sign for Rangers, where he spent two years after joining from Kwai Tsing in 2015.
A BC Rangers spokesman told the Post that the club “don’t have any comment on this issue at the moment”, and asked that questions be directed to management when the club host a pre-season media day next Friday.