The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in the high-profile snippad ruling. The District Court sentenced the man, who is in his 50s, to three years in prison for two counts of rape of a child.
He was acquitted in the Court of Appeal because the court thought it was unclear what the victim, a 10-year-old girl, meant by the word "snippa" The verdict was met with massive criticism on social media, and even led to protests in the streets.