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Rape victim "named"

North Wales Police are investigating reports that the woman raped by footballer Ched Evans has been named and abused on a social networking site. Evans was jailed for five years after a jury heard the victim was "too drunk" to consent to sex.

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Twitter arrests made

Three people have been arrested as part of an investigation into users of a social media site said to have named the victim in the Ched Evans rape case.

The Sheffield United footballer was convicted of rape and jailed for five years last week - but soon after his victim was named on Twitter.

South Yorkshire Police have arrested two men under the Sexual Offences Amendments Act, which grants lifelong anonymity to the victims of sexual assault. A third man has been arrested on suspicion of malicious communication.

All three men are being held at Sheffield police station where they are being interviewed by North Wales Police officers.

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