perverse verdict

Under constitutional barriers to double jeopardy the accused, but not the prosecutor, is permitted to appeal a perverse verdict.

But that isn't a perverse verdict.

If judges give perverse verdicts wantonly and there are too many appeals off the back of their judgments, they won't stay in post for very long.

Paddy McGrory, lawyer for Amnesty International, believed that it was a 'perverse verdict,'and that it went against the weight of the evidence.