Retrial ordered in high-profile rape case A former executive convicted of raping a woman he picked up on the side of the road will face a retrial. Crime by Grace Mason Premium Content Subscriber only A FORMER top Cairns executive convicted of raping a Norwegian tourist he picked up on the side of the road will face a retrial after a court ruled he had suffered a "miscarriage of justice" in his original trial. Alan George Vico, who has subsequently left his almost $290,000 per year job with Ports North, was found guilty in a judge only trial last year of sexually assaulting the young woman in a Cairns motel in September 2018.