Former Worcestershire all-rounder Alex Hepburn has been banned from cricket-related exercise in England and Wales for 10 years.
Hepburn was jailed for five years for rape in 2019 and launched in 2021.
The 28-year-old’s ban is backdated to the purpose when he was launched from jail.
Hepburn, now dwelling in Australia, was discovered responsible at a retrial in 2019 on costs regarding an assault at a flat in Worcester in 2017 and his conviction was upheld on the Court docket of Attraction in 2020.
The assault on 1 April 2017 occurred on the primary night time of a sexual conquest competitors with team-mates, which he helped arrange on a WhatsApp group.
The Australian-born Hepburn was charged by the Cricket Regulator with two breaches of the 2017 England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Directives earlier this yr.
The primary associated to his arrest and subsequent legal conviction, and the second to his participation in an offensive WhatsApp group.
Hepburn didn’t reply to the cost letter and the impartial Cricket Self-discipline Fee (CDC) – the physique that hears disciplinary instances within the skilled home recreation in England and Wales – reached its resolution in his absence.
Along with serving a 10-year ban, Hepburn can also be required to endure applicable skilled therapy for the problems resulting in his legal conviction and undertake applicable coaching and schooling programs earlier than resuming any cricket associated exercise.
Crew-mates Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore have been charged with bringing the game into disrepute by the ECB in 2019 after being named as members of a WhatsApp group which got here to mild throughout Hepburn’s trial.
Neither Clarke nor Kohler-Cadmore have been charged with any legal offence.