London rape trial collapses after phone images undermine case

Scotland Yard is already conducting an urgent review after another rape case was halted in Croydon in December.A rape trial has collapsed after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence when it emerged that images from the defendant’s phone of him in bed with his alleged victim had not been disclosed.The failure of the case at Snaresbrook crown court, east London, is the latest example of crucial digital evidence contained on a mobile either not being found or not being handed over